Chad
Military spending in Chad
Military spending in Chad: 3.13% of GDP in 1983 and 3.19% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.19% of GDP
- Since 1983
- +0.06 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 22 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 5.7% of GDP in 2009, the lowest 0.6% of GDP in 1998.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Chad |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.19 |
| 2024 | 2.98 |
| 2023 | 2.12 |
| 2022 | 2.04 |
| 2021 | 2.08 |
| 2020 | 2.21 |
| 2019 | 1.57 |
| 2018 | 1.65 |
| 2017 | 1.66 |
| 2016 | 2.31 |
| 2015 | 1.52 |
| 2014 | 2.16 |
| 2013 | 4.3 |
| 2011 | 3.76 |
| 2010 | 4.32 |
| 2009 | 5.7 |
| 2008 | 4.28 |
| 2007 | 3.25 |
| 2006 | 2.18 |
| 2005 | 0.61 |
| 2004 | 0.74 |
| 2003 | 0.97 |
| 2002 | 1.12 |
| 2001 | 0.99 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0.89 |
| 1998 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | 0.7 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0.9 |
| 1994 | 1.22 |
| 1993 | 1.75 |
| 1992 | 1.38 |
| 1990 | 1.38 |
| 1989 | 2.73 |
| 1988 | 3.56 |
| 1987 | 1.83 |
| 1986 | 2.96 |
| 1985 | 2.82 |
| 1984 | 2.95 |
| 1983 | 3.13 |
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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- Military spending in US dollars$598M in 2025
- Military spending per person$31 in 2025
- Military share of state spending15.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel45,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 1987