Togo
Military spending in Togo
Military spending in Togo: 0.27% of GDP in 1961 and 1.87% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.87% of GDP
- Since 1961
- +1.61 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 69 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.14% of GDP in 2022, the lowest 0.27% of GDP in 1961.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Togo |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.87 |
| 2024 | 2.18 |
| 2023 | 3.05 |
| 2022 | 4.14 |
| 2021 | 2.39 |
| 2020 | 2.16 |
| 2019 | 2.36 |
| 2018 | 1.47 |
| 2017 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 1.36 |
| 2015 | 1.67 |
| 2014 | 1.82 |
| 2013 | 1.68 |
| 2012 | 1.63 |
| 2011 | 1.53 |
| 2010 | 1.66 |
| 2009 | 1.64 |
| 2008 | 1.72 |
| 2005 | 1.46 |
| 2004 | 1.41 |
| 2003 | 1.37 |
| 1995 | 1.86 |
| 1994 | 2.58 |
| 1993 | 4.03 |
| 1992 | 2.93 |
| 1991 | 2.86 |
| 1990 | 3.12 |
| 1989 | 3.09 |
| 1988 | 3.13 |
| 1987 | 3.5 |
| 1986 | 2.85 |
| 1985 | 2.51 |
| 1984 | 2.19 |
| 1983 | 2.1 |
| 1982 | 2.26 |
| 1981 | 2.37 |
| 1980 | 2.2 |
| 1979 | 2.25 |
| 1978 | 2.71 |
| 1977 | 3.07 |
| 1976 | 2.5 |
| 1975 | 1.86 |
| 1974 | 1.49 |
| 1973 | 1.7 |
| 1972 | 1.48 |
| 1971 | 1.41 |
| 1970 | 1.37 |
| 1969 | 1.28 |
| 1968 | 1.36 |
| 1967 | 1.34 |
| 1966 | 1.34 |
| 1965 | 1.9 |
| 1964 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 0.84 |
| 1962 | 0.55 |
| 1961 | 0.27 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$192M in 2025
- Military spending per person$21 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel10,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2025