Namibia
Military spending per person in Namibia
Military spending per person in Namibia: $117 in 1990 and $134 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $134
- Since 1990
- +$18
- Rank, 2025
- 72 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $236 in 2014, the lowest $37 in 1994.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $134 |
| 2024 | $123 |
| 2023 | $116 |
| 2022 | $128 |
| 2021 | $145 |
| 2020 | $137 |
| 2019 | $158 |
| 2018 | $179 |
| 2017 | $184 |
| 2016 | $177 |
| 2015 | $219 |
| 2014 | $236 |
| 2013 | $174 |
| 2012 | $191 |
| 2011 | $208 |
| 2010 | $189 |
| 2009 | $144 |
| 2008 | $131 |
| 2007 | $114 |
| 2006 | $101 |
| 2005 | $98 |
| 2004 | $87 |
| 2003 | $68 |
| 2002 | $47 |
| 2001 | $53 |
| 2000 | $51 |
| 1999 | $60 |
| 1998 | $46 |
| 1997 | $50 |
| 1996 | $41 |
| 1995 | $43 |
| 1994 | $37 |
| 1993 | $47 |
| 1992 | $87 |
| 1991 | $104 |
| 1990 | $117 |
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 spending2.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$386M 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