Mozambique

Military share of state spending in Mozambique

Military share of state spending in Mozambique: 11.1% of government spending in 1988 and 6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
6% of government spending
Since 1988
−5.1 percentage points
Rank, 2025
54 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in MozambiqueMilitary share of state spending in Mozambique: 11.1% of government spending in 1988 and 6% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 12.5% of government spending in 1989, the lowest 2.4% of government spending in 2014.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 12.5% of government spending in 1989, the lowest 2.4% of government spending in 2014.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearMozambique
20256
20246.4
20235.8
20226.7
20216
20206.3
20195
20184.2
20173.4
20163.2
20152.6
20142.4
20132.9
20123
20112.8
20103.3
20092.7
20083
20073
20063
20054.1
20045.5
20034.9
20024.8
20014.3
20005.4
19995.8
19985.9
19975.2
19966
19955.8
199410.7
199310
199210.1
199110.8
199011.4
198912.5
198811.1
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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