Cape Verde

Military spending in US dollars in Cape Verde

Military spending in US dollars in Cape Verde: $12M in 1984 and $19M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$19M
Since 1984
+$7.01M
Rank, 2025
147 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in Cape VerdeMilitary spending in US dollars in Cape Verde: $12M in 1984 and $19M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $19M in 2025, the lowest $4.82M in 1993.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $19M in 2025, the lowest $4.82M in 1993.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearCape Verde
2025$19M
2024$16.8M
2023$14.5M
2022$11.1M
2021$11.6M
2020$12.3M
2019$10.9M
2018$11.5M
2017$10.7M
2016$11.9M
2015$10.3M
2014$9.68M
2013$9.42M
2012$9.8M
2011$9.31M
2010$8.62M
2009$8.56M
2008$10.5M
2007$8.86M
2006$8.87M
2005$9.56M
2004$8.76M
2003$8.47M
2002$8.04M
2001$8.84M
2000$13M
1999$8.07M
1998$7.2M
1997$6.49M
1996$6.49M
1995$9.31M
1994$5.95M
1993$4.82M
1992$5.6M
1988$11.1M
1987$11.3M
1986$11.7M
1985$11.3M
1984$12M

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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