Burkina Faso

Military spending in Burkina Faso

Military spending in Burkina Faso: 0.68% of GDP in 1960 and 3.3% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
3.3% of GDP
Since 1960
+2.62 percentage points
Rank, 2025
17 of 151
counting from the highest
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in Burkina FasoMilitary spending in Burkina Faso: 0.68% of GDP in 1960 and 3.3% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 4.39% of GDP in 2024, the lowest 0.68% of GDP in 1960.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 4.39% of GDP in 2024, the lowest 0.68% of GDP in 1960.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBurkina Faso
20253.3
20244.39
20234.08
20222.98
20212.33
20202.11
20192.21
20181.93
20171.36
20161.17
20151.25
20141.27
20131.24
20121.18
20111.15
20101.23
20091.35
20081.24
20071.42
20061.11
20051.2
20041.21
20031.07
20021.18
20011.16
20001.24
19991.23
19981.28
19971.42
19961.29
19951.38
19941.42
19931.86
19922.05
19912.17
19902.71
19892.74
19882.31
19872.25
19862.62
19851.84
19843.02
19832.93
19823
19812.84
19802.75
19792.7
19783.28
19773.04
19763.12
19752.81
19741.15
19731.24
19721.14
19711.18
19701.17
19691.25
19681.18
19671.33
19661.65
19651.53
19642.61
19632.38
19622.35
19610.83
19600.68

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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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