Zimbabwe

Military spending in US dollars in Zimbabwe

Military spending in US dollars in Zimbabwe: $37.6M in 1980 and $134M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$134M
Since 1980
+$95.9M
Rank, 2025
126 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in ZimbabweMilitary spending in US dollars in Zimbabwe: $37.6M in 1980 and $134M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $224M in 2002, the lowest $23.8M in 2010.
Estimates, SIPRIHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $224M in 2002, the lowest $23.8M in 2010.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearZimbabwe
2025$134M
2024$98.4M
2023$64.9M
2022$172M
2021$193M
2020$106M
2019$79.9M
2018$87.3M
2017$78.2M
2016$83M
2015$85.9M
2014$81.9M
2013$79.2M
2012$71.9M
2011$46.5M
2010$23.8M
2006$30.1M
2005$32.5M
2004$43.3M
2003$70.4M
2002$224M
2001$62.1M
2000$47.1M
1999$37.4M
1998$37.7M
1997$27.6M
1996$25.6M
1995$24.4M
1994$26.6M
1993$26M
1992$31M
1991$38.1M
1990$36.7M
1989$36.5M
1988$34.9M
1987$33.4M
1986$32.8M
1985$32.8M
1984$32.1M
1983$37.7M
1982$35M
1981$31.4M
1980$37.6M
  • Highly uncertain

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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