Ghana

Military spending in US dollars in Ghana

Military spending in US dollars in Ghana: $46.6M in 1958 and $385M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$385M
Since 1958
+$339M
Rank, 2025
107 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in GhanaMilitary spending in US dollars in Ghana: $46.6M in 1958 and $385M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $385M in 2025, the lowest $10.7M in 1983.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $385M in 2025, the lowest $10.7M in 1983.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearGhana
2025$385M
2024$274M
2023$288M
2022$247M
2021$278M
2020$238M
2019$233M
2018$205M
2017$180M
2016$158M
2015$209M
2014$261M
2013$195M
2012$265M
2011$172M
2010$92.6M
2009$97.5M
2008$83.9M
2007$95.8M
2006$62.5M
2005$58.5M
2004$58.8M
2003$63.2M
2002$52.1M
2001$45.1M
2000$76.3M
1999$61M
1998$53.7M
1997$43.2M
1996$43.1M
1995$51.1M
1994$50.1M
1993$46M
1992$39.4M
1991$36.3M
1990$25.3M
1989$23.5M
1988$22.2M
1987$42.2M
1986$40.8M
1985$37.9M
1984$19.6M
1983$10.7M
1982$17.8M
1981$24.9M
1980$33.3M
1979$27.5M
1978$41.6M
1977$56.4M
1976$89.2M
1975$123M
1974$130M
1973$99.8M
1972$98.9M
1971$115M
1970$142M
1969$153M
1968$148M
1966$109M
1965$93.1M
1964$110M
1963$116M
1962$108M
1961$116M
1960$93.6M
1959$53.1M
1958$46.6M

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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