Military spending in Gambia

• The highest was 1.19% of GDP in 2014, the lowest 0.19% of GDP in 2004.

• 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.
• Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
• Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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