Equatorial Guinea
Military spending in Equatorial Guinea
Military spending in Equatorial Guinea: 1.99% of GDP in 1994 and 0.9% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 0.9% of GDP
- Since 1994
- −1.09 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 116 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2.48% of GDP in 2009, the lowest 0.77% of GDP in 2014.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 1.32 |
| 2022 | 1.15 |
| 2021 | 1.33 |
| 2020 | 1.64 |
| 2019 | 1.31 |
| 2018 | 1.14 |
| 2017 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.24 |
| 2015 | 1.04 |
| 2014 | 0.77 |
| 2009 | 2.48 |
| 2008 | 1.48 |
| 2007 | 1.5 |
| 1995 | 2.05 |
| 1994 | 1.99 |
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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Equatorial Guinea in numbers
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- Military spending in US dollars$113M in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending 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