Gambia
Military spending in US dollars in Gambia
Military spending in US dollars in Gambia: $914,300 in 1983 and $14.7M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $14.7M
- Since 1983
- +$13.7M
- Rank, 2025
- 148 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $21M in 2014, the lowest $914,300 in 1983.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Gambia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $14.7M |
| 2024 | $14.7M |
| 2023 | $14.5M |
| 2022 | $16.5M |
| 2021 | $17.6M |
| 2020 | $17.6M |
| 2019 | $17.7M |
| 2018 | $14.5M |
| 2015 | $19.1M |
| 2014 | $21M |
| 2013 | $13.7M |
| 2012 | $13.9M |
| 2009 | $8.39M |
| 2008 | $17.7M |
| 2007 | $5.48M |
| 2006 | $3.99M |
| 2005 | $4.45M |
| 2004 | $3.17M |
| 2003 | $3.56M |
| 2002 | $3.29M |
| 2001 | $3.05M |
| 2000 | $3.52M |
| 1999 | $3.35M |
| 1998 | $3.74M |
| 1997 | $3.74M |
| 1996 | $3.47M |
| 1995 | $2.51M |
| 1994 | $2.17M |
| 1993 | $2.31M |
| 1992 | $3.29M |
| 1991 | $4.04M |
| 1990 | $3.43M |
| 1989 | $2.91M |
| 1988 | $2.21M |
| 1987 | $1.68M |
| 1986 | $1.53M |
| 1985 | $1.6M |
| 1984 | $1.18M |
| 1983 | $914,300 |
- Estimate
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.
- 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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- Military spending0.57% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$5 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025