Botswana
Military share of state spending in Botswana
Military share of state spending in Botswana: 9.9% of government spending in 1988 and 8.9% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 8.9% of government spending
- Since 1988
- −1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 33 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 10.3% of government spending in 1991, the lowest 5.6% of government spending in 2023.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.9 |
| 2024 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 5.6 |
| 2022 | 8.6 |
| 2021 | 8.7 |
| 2020 | 8.7 |
| 2019 | 8.5 |
| 2018 | 8.1 |
| 2017 | 9.3 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2015 | 7.1 |
| 2014 | 6.1 |
| 2013 | 6.2 |
| 2012 | 6.1 |
| 2011 | 6.4 |
| 2010 | 6.2 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2008 | 6.5 |
| 2007 | 7.6 |
| 2006 | 8.1 |
| 2005 | 8.2 |
| 2004 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | 9.2 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2001 | 9 |
| 2000 | 8.2 |
| 1999 | 7.5 |
| 1998 | 8.6 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1996 | 7.7 |
| 1995 | 9.1 |
| 1994 | 10.2 |
| 1993 | 10.1 |
| 1992 | 9.9 |
| 1991 | 10.3 |
| 1990 | 10.2 |
| 1989 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 9.9 |
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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Botswana in numbers
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- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$595M in 2025
- Military spending per person$242 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports11 million TIV in 2024