Central African Republic
Military spending in US dollars in Central African Republic
Military spending in US dollars in Central African Republic: $36.9M in 1991 and $68M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $68M
- Since 1991
- +$31.1M
- Rank, 2025
- 137 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $74.8M in 2010, the lowest $25.6M in 1996.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Central African Republic |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $68M |
| 2024 | $71.2M |
| 2023 | $63.5M |
| 2022 | $45.2M |
| 2021 | $56M |
| 2020 | $48.4M |
| 2019 | $46.1M |
| 2018 | $33.6M |
| 2017 | $32.5M |
| 2016 | $33.4M |
| 2015 | $34.8M |
| 2014 | $42.4M |
| 2013 | $60.7M |
| 2012 | $59.9M |
| 2011 | $68.1M |
| 2010 | $74.8M |
| 2009 | $50.5M |
| 2008 | $43.4M |
| 2007 | $30.8M |
| 2005 | $29.4M |
| 2004 | $29.7M |
| 2003 | $31.9M |
| 2002 | $28.3M |
| 1996 | $25.6M |
| 1995 | $27.6M |
| 1994 | $30.1M |
| 1993 | $34.2M |
| 1992 | $37.6M |
| 1991 | $36.9M |
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 spending2.33% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$14 in 2025
- Military share of state spending12.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel10,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports43 million TIV in 2023