Somalia

Military spending in US dollars in Somalia

Military spending in US dollars in Somalia: $30.5M in 1961 and $193M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$193M
Since 1961
+$162M
Rank, 2025
121 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in SomaliaMilitary spending in US dollars in Somalia: $30.5M in 1961 and $193M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $245M in 1978, the lowest $30.5M in 1961.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $245M in 1978, the lowest $30.5M in 1961.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearSomalia
2025$193M
2024$202M
2023$147M
2022$133M
2021$133M
2020$123M
2019$93.5M
2018$105M
2017$88M
2016$70.6M
2015$69M
2014$90M
2013$39.4M
1987$65.1M
1986$70M
1985$66.1M
1984$93M
1983$132M
1982$122M
1981$141M
1980$146M
1979$213M
1978$245M
1977$105M
1976$96.3M
1975$96.5M
1974$106M
1973$95.6M
1972$91.7M
1971$78.8M
1970$77.6M
1969$62.3M
1968$60.9M
1967$56.5M
1966$48.8M
1965$37.7M
1964$44.4M
1963$41.7M
1962$35.7M
1961$30.5M

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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