Botswana

Military spending in US dollars in Botswana

Military spending in US dollars in Botswana: $16.1M in 1977 and $595M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$595M
Since 1977
+$579M
Rank, 2025
93 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in BotswanaMilitary spending in US dollars in Botswana: $16.1M in 1977 and $595M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $597M in 2016, the lowest $16.1M in 1977.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $597M in 2016, the lowest $16.1M in 1977.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearBotswana
2025$595M
2024$519M
2023$360M
2022$505M
2021$529M
2020$544M
2019$538M
2018$508M
2017$558M
2016$597M
2015$426M
2014$351M
2013$303M
2012$311M
2011$333M
2010$345M
2009$368M
2008$382M
2007$357M
2006$323M
2005$328M
2004$362M
2003$392M
2002$406M
2001$381M
2000$312M
1999$282M
1998$296M
1997$242M
1996$210M
1995$227M
1994$250M
1993$271M
1992$259M
1991$279M
1990$260M
1989$207M
1988$191M
1987$149M
1986$85.4M
1985$58.2M
1984$53.4M
1983$45.9M
1982$45.8M
1981$54.7M
1980$60.5M
1979$55.1M
1978$36.8M
1977$16.1M

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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