Burkina Faso
Military spending in US dollars in Burkina Faso
Military spending in US dollars in Burkina Faso: $6.57M in 1960 and $844M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $844M
- Since 1960
- +$837M
- Rank, 2025
- 83 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.02B in 2024, the lowest $6.57M in 1960.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $844M |
| 2024 | $1.02B |
| 2023 | $862M |
| 2022 | $607M |
| 2021 | $503M |
| 2020 | $451M |
| 2019 | $438M |
| 2018 | $344M |
| 2017 | $230M |
| 2016 | $185M |
| 2015 | $184M |
| 2014 | $185M |
| 2013 | $173M |
| 2012 | $160M |
| 2011 | $144M |
| 2010 | $139M |
| 2009 | $135M |
| 2008 | $121M |
| 2007 | $132M |
| 2006 | $96.7M |
| 2005 | $101M |
| 2004 | $96.2M |
| 2003 | $81.4M |
| 2002 | $83.4M |
| 2001 | $77.7M |
| 2000 | $78.9M |
| 1999 | $77.4M |
| 1998 | $69.5M |
| 1997 | $70.5M |
| 1996 | $60.9M |
| 1995 | $62.6M |
| 1994 | $61.4M |
| 1993 | $78.4M |
| 1992 | $86.6M |
| 1991 | $88.4M |
| 1990 | $106M |
| 1989 | $97.7M |
| 1988 | $77.7M |
| 1987 | $72.5M |
| 1986 | $82M |
| 1985 | $54.9M |
| 1984 | $56.8M |
| 1983 | $56.4M |
| 1982 | $59M |
| 1981 | $56.4M |
| 1980 | $49.2M |
| 1979 | $50.3M |
| 1978 | $62.1M |
| 1977 | $51.8M |
| 1976 | $55.8M |
| 1975 | $42.4M |
| 1974 | $19.6M |
| 1973 | $19.2M |
| 1972 | $19M |
| 1971 | $17.7M |
| 1970 | $17.4M |
| 1969 | $16M |
| 1968 | $15.7M |
| 1967 | $15.3M |
| 1966 | $15.4M |
| 1965 | $14.1M |
| 1964 | $21.4M |
| 1963 | $21.5M |
| 1962 | $21.1M |
| 1961 | $7.18M |
| 1960 | $6.57M |
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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- Military spending3.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$37 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.2% of government spending 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