Rwanda
Military share of state spending in Rwanda
Military share of state spending in Rwanda: 17.8% of government spending in 1992 and 4.7% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.7% of government spending
- Since 1992
- −13.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 83 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 23.7% of government spending in 1996, the lowest 4% of government spending in 2014.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Rwanda |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 4.2 |
| 2018 | 4.7 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4.9 |
| 2015 | 4.6 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 4.4 |
| 2010 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 5.9 |
| 2008 | 5.8 |
| 2007 | 6.1 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2005 | 7.7 |
| 2004 | 9.7 |
| 2003 | 11.4 |
| 2002 | 12.7 |
| 2001 | 15.2 |
| 2000 | 16.3 |
| 1999 | 16.8 |
| 1998 | 23.1 |
| 1997 | 21.1 |
| 1996 | 23.7 |
| 1995 | 21.3 |
| 1994 | 21.4 |
| 1993 | 19.8 |
| 1992 | 17.8 |
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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- Military spending1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$194M in 2025
- Military spending per person$13 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel35,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports37 million TIV in 2023