Zambia
Military spending in US dollars in Zambia
Military spending in US dollars in Zambia: $248M in 1984 and $343M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $343M
- Since 1984
- +$94.8M
- Rank, 2025
- 109 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $369M in 1986, the lowest $77M in 1996.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Zambia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $343M |
| 2024 | $349M |
| 2023 | $328M |
| 2022 | $269M |
| 2021 | $235M |
| 2020 | $256M |
| 2019 | $288M |
| 2018 | $330M |
| 2017 | $287M |
| 2016 | $295M |
| 2015 | $362M |
| 2014 | $338M |
| 2013 | $275M |
| 2012 | $255M |
| 2011 | $229M |
| 2010 | $218M |
| 2009 | $196M |
| 2008 | $208M |
| 2007 | $209M |
| 2006 | $184M |
| 2005 | $169M |
| 2004 | $151M |
| 1999 | $115M |
| 1997 | $77.1M |
| 1996 | $77M |
| 1995 | $115M |
| 1994 | $137M |
| 1993 | $116M |
| 1992 | $240M |
| 1991 | $211M |
| 1990 | $316M |
| 1989 | $358M |
| 1988 | $248M |
| 1987 | $333M |
| 1986 | $369M |
| 1985 | $200M |
| 1984 | $248M |
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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Zambia in numbers
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- Military spending1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$19 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel16,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 1990