Namibia
Military spending in Namibia
Military spending in Namibia: 6.42% of GDP in 1990 and 2.77% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.77% of GDP
- Since 1990
- −3.66 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 31 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 6.42% of GDP in 1990, the lowest 1.75% of GDP in 1994.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.77 |
| 2024 | 2.75 |
| 2023 | 2.74 |
| 2022 | 2.91 |
| 2021 | 3.23 |
| 2020 | 3.48 |
| 2019 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 3.33 |
| 2017 | 3.52 |
| 2016 | 3.97 |
| 2015 | 4.53 |
| 2014 | 4.33 |
| 2013 | 3.21 |
| 2012 | 3.17 |
| 2011 | 3.58 |
| 2010 | 3.52 |
| 2009 | 3.37 |
| 2008 | 3.14 |
| 2007 | 2.61 |
| 2006 | 2.5 |
| 2005 | 2.65 |
| 2004 | 2.53 |
| 2003 | 2.63 |
| 2002 | 2.62 |
| 2001 | 3.01 |
| 2000 | 2.71 |
| 1999 | 3.12 |
| 1998 | 2.32 |
| 1997 | 2.3 |
| 1996 | 1.9 |
| 1995 | 1.95 |
| 1994 | 1.75 |
| 1993 | 2.47 |
| 1992 | 4.25 |
| 1991 | 5.62 |
| 1990 | 6.42 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$386M in 2025
- Military spending per person$134 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel16,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2025