Sierra Leone
Military spending in US dollars in Sierra Leone
Military spending in US dollars in Sierra Leone: $11.6M in 1961 and $29.5M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $29.5M
- Since 1961
- +$18M
- Rank, 2025
- 143 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $57.8M in 2016, the lowest $8.14M in 1987.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $29.5M |
| 2024 | $51.3M |
| 2023 | $46.8M |
| 2022 | $48.8M |
| 2021 | $47.9M |
| 2020 | $38.1M |
| 2019 | $29.9M |
| 2018 | $36.7M |
| 2017 | $52.5M |
| 2016 | $57.8M |
| 2015 | $47.1M |
| 2014 | $55.7M |
| 2013 | $36.2M |
| 2012 | $36M |
| 2011 | $32.9M |
| 2010 | $31.6M |
| 2009 | $30.4M |
| 2008 | $25.7M |
| 2007 | $34.3M |
| 2006 | $38.4M |
| 2005 | $34.8M |
| 2004 | $36M |
| 2003 | $43.8M |
| 2002 | $38.8M |
| 2001 | $40.6M |
| 2000 | $34.2M |
| 1999 | $21.3M |
| 1998 | $14.6M |
| 1997 | $11.8M |
| 1996 | $24.8M |
| 1995 | $33.7M |
| 1994 | $35M |
| 1993 | $37M |
| 1992 | $45.4M |
| 1991 | $38.7M |
| 1990 | $21.5M |
| 1989 | $20.8M |
| 1988 | $11.4M |
| 1987 | $8.14M |
| 1986 | $16.9M |
| 1985 | $8.41M |
| 1984 | $11.6M |
| 1983 | $14.9M |
| 1982 | $22.8M |
| 1981 | $30.3M |
| 1980 | $34.1M |
| 1979 | $25.8M |
| 1978 | $23.3M |
| 1977 | $24.7M |
| 1976 | $22.1M |
| 1975 | $22.9M |
| 1974 | $26.8M |
| 1973 | $21.7M |
| 1972 | $19M |
| 1971 | $18.6M |
| 1970 | $19.3M |
| 1969 | $17.2M |
| 1968 | $14.4M |
| 1967 | $13.7M |
| 1966 | $12.5M |
| 1965 | $12.8M |
| 1964 | $12.6M |
| 1963 | $12.9M |
| 1962 | $12M |
| 1961 | $11.6M |
- Estimate
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.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2016