Burkina Faso
Military share of state spending in Burkina Faso
Military share of state spending in Burkina Faso: 12% of government spending in 1988 and 13.2% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 13.2% of government spending
- Since 1988
- +1.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 19 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 16% of government spending in 1989, the lowest 4.9% of government spending in 2013.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.2 |
| 2024 | 15.9 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2022 | 9.2 |
| 2021 | 8.4 |
| 2020 | 8.8 |
| 2019 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | 7.9 |
| 2017 | 5.2 |
| 2016 | 5.4 |
| 2015 | 6.1 |
| 2014 | 6.1 |
| 2013 | 4.9 |
| 2012 | 5.2 |
| 2011 | 5.6 |
| 2010 | 5.7 |
| 2009 | 6.3 |
| 2008 | 6.7 |
| 2007 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | 6.1 |
| 2001 | 5.9 |
| 2000 | 6.2 |
| 1999 | 5.8 |
| 1998 | 6.3 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1996 | 6.5 |
| 1995 | 7.1 |
| 1994 | 8 |
| 1993 | 9.4 |
| 1992 | 11.3 |
| 1991 | 11.6 |
| 1990 | 13.1 |
| 1989 | 16 |
| 1988 | 12 |
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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Burkina Faso in numbers
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- Military spending3.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$844M in 2025
- Military spending per person$37 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel11,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports34 million TIV in 2025