Rwanda

Military spending in US dollars in Rwanda

Military spending in US dollars in Rwanda: $51.3M in 1973 and $194M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$194M
Since 1973
+$143M
Rank, 2025
120 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in RwandaMilitary spending in US dollars in Rwanda: $51.3M in 1973 and $194M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $194M in 2025, the lowest $32.9M in 1975.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $194M in 2025, the lowest $32.9M in 1975.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearRwanda
2025$194M
2024$175M
2023$161M
2022$169M
2021$180M
2020$153M
2019$133M
2018$126M
2017$118M
2016$113M
2015$106M
2014$90.5M
2013$79.7M
2012$77.6M
2011$79M
2010$78.2M
2009$76.8M
2008$75M
2007$71.1M
2006$76.8M
2005$69.8M
2004$72.1M
2003$82.6M
2002$88.8M
2001$93.9M
2000$92.1M
1999$108M
1998$106M
1997$96.7M
1996$105M
1995$73.9M
1994$43.8M
1993$128M
1992$132M
1991$161M
1990$116M
1989$50.8M
1988$43.1M
1987$45.5M
1986$50.4M
1985$45M
1984$42.4M
1983$47.1M
1982$48.9M
1981$52.5M
1980$45.3M
1979$40.8M
1978$35.7M
1977$48.4M
1976$35.7M
1975$32.9M
1974$36.1M
1973$51.3M

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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