Equatorial Guinea
Military share of state spending in Equatorial Guinea
Military share of state spending in Equatorial Guinea: 0.4% of government spending in 1994 and 4.7% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.7% of government spending
- Since 1994
- +4.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 84 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 10.5% of government spending in 2021, the lowest 0.4% of government spending in 1994.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 6.8 |
| 2022 | 7.7 |
| 2021 | 10.5 |
| 2020 | 10.2 |
| 2019 | 7.8 |
| 2018 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 5.6 |
| 2016 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | 2.4 |
| 2009 | 6.2 |
| 2008 | 7.5 |
| 2007 | 7.6 |
| 1995 | 1.4 |
| 1994 | 0.4 |
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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Equatorial Guinea in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.9% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$113M in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.16% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports12 million TIV in 2024