Malawi
Military spending per person in Malawi
Military spending per person in Malawi: $2 in 1988 and $7 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $7
- Since 1988
- +$5
- Rank, 2025
- 143 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $7 in 2025, the lowest $1 in 2000.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Malawi |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $7 |
| 2024 | $6 |
| 2023 | $7 |
| 2022 | $6 |
| 2021 | $5 |
| 2020 | $5 |
| 2019 | $4 |
| 2018 | $3 |
| 2017 | $3 |
| 2016 | $2 |
| 2015 | $2 |
| 2014 | $3 |
| 2013 | $4 |
| 2012 | $3 |
| 2011 | $4 |
| 2010 | $3 |
| 2009 | $4 |
| 2008 | $3 |
| 2007 | $3 |
| 2006 | $2 |
| 2005 | $3 |
| 2004 | $2 |
| 2003 | $1 |
| 2002 | $1 |
| 2001 | $1 |
| 2000 | $1 |
| 1999 | $1 |
| 1998 | $1 |
| 1997 | $3 |
| 1996 | $2 |
| 1995 | $1 |
| 1994 | $2 |
| 1993 | $3 |
| 1992 | $3 |
| 1991 | $2 |
| 1990 | $3 |
| 1989 | $3 |
| 1988 | $2 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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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- Military spending1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$128M in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000