Tanzania
Military spending in US dollars in Tanzania
Military spending in US dollars in Tanzania: $74.6M in 1967 and $983M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $983M
- Since 1967
- +$909M
- Rank, 2025
- 81 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $983M in 2025, the lowest $71.6M in 1968.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Tanzania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $983M |
| 2024 | $930M |
| 2023 | $909M |
| 2022 | $838M |
| 2021 | $753M |
| 2020 | $698M |
| 2019 | $657M |
| 2018 | $650M |
| 2017 | $618M |
| 2016 | $615M |
| 2015 | $562M |
| 2014 | $484M |
| 2013 | $434M |
| 2012 | $376M |
| 2011 | $370M |
| 2010 | $344M |
| 2009 | $265M |
| 2008 | $238M |
| 2007 | $234M |
| 2006 | $224M |
| 2005 | $205M |
| 2004 | $190M |
| 2003 | $186M |
| 2002 | $205M |
| 2001 | $210M |
| 2000 | $180M |
| 1999 | $169M |
| 1998 | $170M |
| 1997 | $156M |
| 1996 | $146M |
| 1995 | $148M |
| 1994 | $115M |
| 1993 | $123M |
| 1992 | $187M |
| 1991 | $187M |
| 1990 | $172M |
| 1989 | $208M |
| 1988 | $215M |
| 1987 | $236M |
| 1986 | $252M |
| 1985 | $237M |
| 1984 | $234M |
| 1983 | $263M |
| 1982 | $307M |
| 1981 | $319M |
| 1980 | $278M |
| 1979 | $587M |
| 1978 | $699M |
| 1977 | $362M |
| 1976 | $293M |
| 1975 | $278M |
| 1974 | $295M |
| 1973 | $225M |
| 1972 | $174M |
| 1971 | $149M |
| 1970 | $108M |
| 1969 | $76.1M |
| 1968 | $71.6M |
| 1967 | $74.6M |
- 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 spending1.16% of GDP 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