Malawi

Military spending in US dollars in Malawi

Military spending in US dollars in Malawi: $7.71M in 1968 and $128M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$128M
Since 1968
+$120M
Rank, 2025
127 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in MalawiMilitary spending in US dollars in Malawi: $7.71M in 1968 and $128M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $131M in 2023, the lowest $7.59M in 1970.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $131M in 2023, the lowest $7.59M in 1970.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearMalawi
2025$128M
2024$118M
2023$131M
2022$109M
2021$87.1M
2020$96.1M
2019$88.7M
2018$66.2M
2017$60.4M
2016$48.9M
2015$48.1M
2014$60.7M
2013$82M
2012$52.3M
2011$45.6M
2010$44.7M
2009$52.9M
2008$43.2M
2007$35.3M
2006$34.3M
2005$41.9M
2004$25.5M
2003$15.2M
2002$14.8M
2001$13.7M
2000$12.8M
1999$15.1M
1998$15.5M
1997$19.4M
1996$15M
1995$11.3M
1994$18.3M
1993$18.8M
1992$18.5M
1991$16.7M
1990$18.8M
1989$19.9M
1988$18.4M
1987$22.8M
1986$27.5M
1985$23.2M
1984$20M
1983$23.6M
1982$29.2M
1981$38.8M
1980$54.3M
1979$56M
1978$39.7M
1977$25.7M
1976$19.8M
1975$21.3M
1974$14.1M
1973$14.4M
1972$8.56M
1971$7.99M
1970$7.59M
1969$7.65M
1968$7.71M

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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