Cameroon

Military spending in US dollars in Cameroon

Military spending in US dollars in Cameroon: $175M in 1970 and $580M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$580M
Since 1970
+$406M
Rank, 2025
96 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in CameroonMilitary spending in US dollars in Cameroon: $175M in 1970 and $580M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $580M in 2025, the lowest $173M in 1972.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $580M in 2025, the lowest $173M in 1972.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearCameroon
2025$580M
2024$535M
2023$477M
2022$481M
2021$484M
2020$455M
2019$510M
2018$504M
2017$509M
2016$493M
2015$453M
2014$442M
2013$440M
2012$418M
2011$389M
2010$429M
2009$401M
2008$396M
2007$382M
2006$364M
2005$336M
2004$340M
2003$319M
2002$298M
2001$275M
2000$276M
1999$284M
1998$263M
1997$232M
1996$210M
1995$207M
1994$209M
1993$256M
1992$253M
1991$262M
1990$256M
1989$247M
1988$238M
1987$258M
1986$300M
1985$335M
1984$387M
1983$384M
1982$391M
1981$335M
1980$239M
1979$234M
1978$214M
1977$202M
1976$198M
1975$188M
1974$178M
1973$176M
1972$173M
1971$177M
1970$175M

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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