Cameroon
Military share of state spending in Cameroon
Military share of state spending in Cameroon: 8% of government spending in 2000 and 6.5% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 6.5% of government spending
- Since 2000
- −1.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 50 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 9.8% of government spending in 2006, the lowest 5.4% of government spending in 2023.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Cameroon |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.5 |
| 2024 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 5.4 |
| 2022 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | 5.8 |
| 2020 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 5.7 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 5.7 |
| 2015 | 5.5 |
| 2014 | 5.5 |
| 2013 | 6.1 |
| 2012 | 6.9 |
| 2011 | 6.4 |
| 2010 | 8.5 |
| 2009 | 8.4 |
| 2008 | 7.9 |
| 2007 | 9.2 |
| 2006 | 9.8 |
| 2005 | 9.2 |
| 2004 | 8.8 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2002 | 8.5 |
| 2001 | 7.8 |
| 2000 | 8 |
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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- Military spending1.06% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$580M in 2025
- Military spending per person$21 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel34,000 people in 2020
- National power0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2023