Tanzania
Military spending in Tanzania
Military spending in Tanzania: 1.42% of GDP in 1967 and 1.16% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.16% of GDP
- Since 1967
- −0.27 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 101 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 10.11% of GDP in 1978, the lowest 0.7% of GDP in 2008.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Tanzania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.16 |
| 2024 | 1.17 |
| 2023 | 1.23 |
| 2022 | 1.19 |
| 2021 | 1.12 |
| 2020 | 1.08 |
| 2019 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 1.06 |
| 2016 | 1.09 |
| 2015 | 1.09 |
| 2014 | 1.02 |
| 2013 | 0.97 |
| 2012 | 0.91 |
| 2011 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | 0.76 |
| 2008 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 0.76 |
| 2006 | 0.79 |
| 2005 | 0.82 |
| 2004 | 0.99 |
| 2003 | 1.07 |
| 2002 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 1.45 |
| 2000 | 1.49 |
| 1999 | 1.49 |
| 1998 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 1.54 |
| 1996 | 1.56 |
| 1995 | 1.63 |
| 1994 | 1.29 |
| 1993 | 1.38 |
| 1992 | 2.11 |
| 1991 | 2.18 |
| 1990 | 2.05 |
| 1989 | 2.38 |
| 1988 | 2.45 |
| 1987 | 3.15 |
| 1986 | 5.75 |
| 1985 | 5.39 |
| 1984 | 5.25 |
| 1983 | 5.41 |
| 1982 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | 5.58 |
| 1980 | 4.52 |
| 1979 | 8.5 |
| 1978 | 10.11 |
| 1977 | 5.48 |
| 1976 | 4.69 |
| 1975 | 5.36 |
| 1974 | 5.36 |
| 1973 | 4.18 |
| 1972 | 3.43 |
| 1971 | 3.1 |
| 1970 | 2.3 |
| 1969 | 1.74 |
| 1968 | 1.47 |
| 1967 | 1.42 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 spending in US dollars$983M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel28,000 people in 2020
- National power0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025