Namibia
Military share of state spending in Namibia
Military share of state spending in Namibia: 15.4% of government spending in 1991 and 7% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 7% of government spending
- Since 1991
- −8.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 46 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 15.4% of government spending in 1991, the lowest 5.5% of government spending in 1996.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 7.4 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2021 | 8.2 |
| 2020 | 8.4 |
| 2019 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 9.2 |
| 2017 | 9.2 |
| 2016 | 9.5 |
| 2015 | 10.4 |
| 2014 | 10.4 |
| 2013 | 8.4 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2011 | 9.3 |
| 2010 | 10.5 |
| 2009 | 10.6 |
| 2008 | 11.1 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2006 | 9.5 |
| 2005 | 9.5 |
| 2004 | 8.8 |
| 2003 | 8.4 |
| 2002 | 8.7 |
| 2001 | 8.8 |
| 2000 | 7.8 |
| 1999 | 8.7 |
| 1998 | 6.6 |
| 1997 | 6.6 |
| 1996 | 5.5 |
| 1995 | 5.8 |
| 1994 | 5.6 |
| 1993 | 6.9 |
| 1992 | 11.5 |
| 1991 | 15.4 |
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.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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