Namibia
Military spending in US dollars in Namibia
Military spending in US dollars in Namibia: $248M in 1990 and $386M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $386M
- Since 1990
- +$138M
- Rank, 2025
- 106 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $548M in 2015, the lowest $73.1M in 1994.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $386M |
| 2024 | $368M |
| 2023 | $356M |
| 2022 | $360M |
| 2021 | $378M |
| 2020 | $401M |
| 2019 | $404M |
| 2018 | $423M |
| 2017 | $442M |
| 2016 | $487M |
| 2015 | $548M |
| 2014 | $500M |
| 2013 | $340M |
| 2012 | $323M |
| 2011 | $328M |
| 2010 | $310M |
| 2009 | $285M |
| 2008 | $270M |
| 2007 | $215M |
| 2006 | $193M |
| 2005 | $183M |
| 2004 | $165M |
| 2003 | $156M |
| 2002 | $158M |
| 2001 | $160M |
| 2000 | $136M |
| 1999 | $151M |
| 1998 | $112M |
| 1997 | $105M |
| 1996 | $85.5M |
| 1995 | $80.5M |
| 1994 | $73.1M |
| 1993 | $92.8M |
| 1992 | $157M |
| 1991 | $215M |
| 1990 | $248M |
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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- Military spending2.77% of GDP 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