Botswana
Military spending per person in Botswana
Military spending per person in Botswana: $77 in 1988 and $242 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $242
- Since 1988
- +$165
- Rank, 2025
- 55 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $242 |
| 2024 | $208 |
| 2023 | $142 |
| 2022 | $212 |
| 2021 | $225 |
| 2020 | $213 |
| 2019 | $222 |
| 2018 | $218 |
| 2017 | $232 |
| 2016 | $232 |
| 2015 | $175 |
| 2014 | $161 |
| 2013 | $144 |
| 2012 | $156 |
| 2011 | $177 |
| 2010 | $173 |
| 2009 | $168 |
| 2008 | $172 |
| 2007 | $162 |
| 2006 | $147 |
| 2005 | $156 |
| 2004 | $175 |
| 2003 | $171 |
| 2002 | $129 |
| 2001 | $124 |
| 2000 | $111 |
| 1999 | $104 |
| 1998 | $114 |
| 1997 | $103 |
| 1996 | $93 |
| 1995 | $112 |
| 1994 | $118 |
| 1993 | $133 |
| 1992 | $131 |
| 1991 | $130 |
| 1990 | $121 |
| 1989 | $82 |
| 1988 | $77 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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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- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$595M in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.9% of government spending 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