Chad
Military spending in US dollars in Chad
Military spending in US dollars in Chad: $101M in 1983 and $598M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $598M
- Since 1983
- +$497M
- Rank, 2025
- 92 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $878M in 2009, the lowest $32.3M in 1998.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M |
| 2024 | $558M |
| 2023 | $406M |
| 2022 | $412M |
| 2021 | $387M |
| 2020 | $388M |
| 2019 | $300M |
| 2018 | $304M |
| 2017 | $290M |
| 2016 | $408M |
| 2015 | $288M |
| 2014 | $446M |
| 2013 | $839M |
| 2011 | $724M |
| 2010 | $784M |
| 2009 | $878M |
| 2008 | $757M |
| 2007 | $569M |
| 2006 | $324M |
| 2005 | $87.8M |
| 2004 | $86.4M |
| 2003 | $72.9M |
| 2002 | $71.9M |
| 2001 | $60.8M |
| 2000 | $54.1M |
| 1999 | $47.7M |
| 1998 | $32.3M |
| 1997 | $34.4M |
| 1996 | $47.5M |
| 1995 | $41.7M |
| 1994 | $56M |
| 1993 | $71.6M |
| 1992 | $55.2M |
| 1990 | $55.2M |
| 1989 | $106M |
| 1988 | $131M |
| 1987 | $67.1M |
| 1986 | $104M |
| 1985 | $90.6M |
| 1984 | $98.1M |
| 1983 | $101M |
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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Chad in numbers
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- Military spending3.19% of GDP 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