Cape Verde

Military spending in Cape Verde

Military spending in Cape Verde: 2.79% of GDP in 1984 and 0.66% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
0.66% of GDP
Since 1984
−2.13 percentage points
Rank, 2025
131 of 151
counting from the highest
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in Cape VerdeMilitary spending in Cape Verde: 2.79% of GDP in 1984 and 0.66% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 2.79% of GDP in 1984, the lowest 0.43% of GDP in 2019.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2.79% of GDP in 1984, the lowest 0.43% of GDP in 2019.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearCape Verde
20250.66
20240.62
20230.57
20220.46
20210.55
20200.62
20190.43
20180.49
20170.47
20160.55
20150.51
20140.49
20130.48
20120.51
20110.48
20100.45
20090.45
20080.55
20070.48
20060.56
20050.65
20040.63
20030.65
20020.67
20010.75
20001.15
19990.84
19980.86
19970.83
19960.84
19951.27
19940.84
19930.76
19920.99
19881.91
19872.1
19862.34
19852.46
19842.79

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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