Côte d’Ivoire

Military spending in Côte d’Ivoire

Military spending in Côte d’Ivoire: 1.28% of GDP in 1962 and 0.77% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
0.77% of GDP
Since 1962
−0.5 percentage points
Rank, 2025
126 of 151
counting from the highest
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in Côte d’IvoireMilitary spending in Côte d’Ivoire: 1.28% of GDP in 1962 and 0.77% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 1.7% of GDP in 1972, the lowest 0.58% of GDP in 1997.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 1.7% of GDP in 1972, the lowest 0.58% of GDP in 1997.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearCôte d’Ivoire
20250.77
20240.76
20230.86
20220.87
20210.88
20200.96
20190.89
20181.04
20170.97
20161.25
20151.24
20141.07
20131
20121.1
20111.01
20101.13
20091.25
20081.1
20071.15
20061.09
20051.06
20041.1
20031.01
19970.58
19960.61
19940.73
19930.97
19921.02
19910.99
19900.96
19891.33
19881.25
19871.22
19861.05
19851
19841.03
19831.12
19821.14
19811.09
19801.16
19791.12
19781.1
19770.79
19761.12
19751.18
19741.34
19731.13
19721.7
19711.5
19701.18
19691.15
19681.16
19671.31
19661.26
19651.32
19641.14
19631
19621.28
  • Estimate

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.
  • 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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