Benin
Military share of state spending in Benin
Military share of state spending in Benin: 10.5% of government spending in 1989 and 4.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.8% of government spending
- Since 1989
- −5.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 80 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 10.5% of government spending in 1989, the lowest 2.3% of government spending in 2001.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Benin |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 5.2 |
| 2016 | 4.4 |
| 2015 | 4.4 |
| 2014 | 4.9 |
| 2013 | 4.6 |
| 2012 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 5.1 |
| 2003 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 2.3 |
| 2000 | 2.6 |
| 1999 | 4.5 |
| 1990 | 9.2 |
| 1989 | 10.5 |
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$204M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel12,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.21% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025