Military expenditure by country, in local currency, 1988-2020 (see below for 1999-2020) © SIPRI 2021 Figures are in local currency at current prices and are for financial years. Countries are grouped by region and subregion. All figures are expressed in terms of the current currency. In cases where there has been hyperinflation and multiple redenominations of currency, this can mean that figures for earlier years may be only a fraction of a present-day currency unit. Financial years are always treated as starting in the specified year. For example for countries with an FY of October-September, FY1974 means October 1974-September 1975. Figures in blue are SIPRI estimates. Figures in red indicate highly uncertain data. ". ." = data unavailable. "xxx" = country did not exist or was not independent during all or part of the year in question. Country Currency Notes 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Africa North Africa Algeria b. dinars 1 6.1 6.5 8.1 10.4 23 29.8 46.8 58.8 79.5 101.1 112.2 Libya m. dinars ‡ ¶ 2 . 577 675 Morocco m. dirhams 3 7530 8408 8817 9999 10489 11640 12564 18420 12946 13748 14008 Tunisia m. dinars 199.8 222.2 217.7 240.8 256.2 277.2 300.5 324.3 386.9 396.1 416.6 Sub-Saharan Angola th/m. kwanzas ǁ 4 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.2 4.7 35.4 643.1 20452 104621 66889 Benin b. CFA francs 11 9.1 8.935 . Botswana m. pula 181.5 215.7 315.7 359.1 381.0 472.9 452.5 462.3 468.9 625 811.8 Burkina Faso b. CFA francs † 17.0 21.3 23.0 19.6 18.8 17.1 16.8 18.4 19 22.5 23.3 Burundi b. francs ‡ 4.8 6.0 6.8 7.8 8.1 8.8 10.6 10.5 15.4 21.8 26.3 Cameroon b. CFA francs § 45.5 48.2 50.1 50.4 46.9 48.3 56.6 56.8 62.9 75.7 86.2 Cape Verde m. escudos 366 . 242 220 281 477 352 382 443 Central African Rep. m. CFA francs ‡ 5 . 6093 6137 5421 5935 6496 6239 . Chad b. CFA francs 23.2 18 9.4 . 9.4 11.1 12.3 10 12.7 9.7 9.5 Congo, Republic of m. CFA francs § . 33250 31000 . Congo, Dem. Rep. as is/mil. francs 6 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.3 184 11797 . 44.8 110.1 42.8 Côte d’Ivoire b. CFA francs 7 38.2 41.4 39.2 40.7 41.5 42.1 46.7 . 52.5 54.6 . Djibouti m. francs 5520 5525 5530 5647 5976 5521 5458 5262 4359 4719 4746 Equatorial Guinea m. CFA francs . 1321 1721 . Eritrea m. nakfa ǁ 8 xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx 539.2 438.7 770.5 968.1 634.2 1936.2 Ethiopia m. birr 1494.4 1741.1 1509 681.2 750 888.5 736.7 771.6 834.8 2190 4336 Gabon b. CFA francs 9 . Gambia m. dalasis ‡ 10 17.9 23.4 31.2 38.6 23.7 22.9 21.5 33.6 21.7 42.6 43.1 Ghana m. cedis ǁ 11 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.8 2.7 3.6 5.9 7.3 9.3 13.3 Military expenditure by country, in local currency, 1988-2020 © SIPRI 2021 Country Currency Notes 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Guinea b. francs 12 . 54.1 50.2 42.0 44.8 . 48.6 55.7 Guinea-Bissau m. CFA francs ǁ 13 . 124 . 400 615 770 1061 1711 Kenya m. shillings 4021 5385 5910 4648 5406 6856 6297 9039 10472 10182 10580 Lesotho m. maloti 38.6 66.2 61.3 61.7 71.6 72.6 98.2 134 118 137 159 Liberia m. dollars 14 26.5 . 28.3 21.7 23.6 37.3 41.3 . Madagascar b. ariary ǁ 15 9.3 9.7 11.3 12.7 8.6 14.5 16.9 23.2 40.2 53.5 54.9 Malawi m. kwacha 53.1 66.1 66.4 66.5 99.1 118 159 172 354 461 446 Mali b. CFA francs ¶ 14.3 14.7 14.2 . 12.6 16.6 20.2 20.3 23.5 24.2 Mauritania b. ouguiyas ‡ 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.6 4.2 5.2 6.3 4.8 Mauritius m. rupees 73 120 153 176 180 200 226 242 224 189 217 Mozambique m. meticais ǁ 16 33.5 58.9 78.6 103 150 230 440 302 407 485 585 Namibia m. dollars 17 . 513 362 353 188 207 261 294 416 443 Niger b. CFA francs . 9.7 9.2 8.9 10.1 13 Nigeria b. naira 18 1.2 1.3 2.2 2.4 3 6.4 7 14 15.4 17.9 25.2 Rwanda b. francs 19 2.8 3.3 8 13.2 11.9 12.9 5.7 14.8 22.6 23.3 27.2 Senegal b. CFA francs § ¶ 20 31.4 31.8 32.2 31.0 29.1 34.0 36.7 40.4 40.8 41.3 44.3 Seychelles m. rupees 65.4 73.6 79.2 87.6 105.0 67.1 60.1 55.2 52.4 57.3 55.5 Sierra Leone m. leones 21 293 861 1876 6846 13316 13244 15546 18898 17119 9315 . Somalia m. ShillingsUS$ 22 49.5 8.6 . South Africa m. rand 10334 11179 11330 10488 10488 10683 12908 11620 10984 11171 10323 South Sudan m. pounds 23 xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Sudan m. pounds ‡ ǁ 24 1.7 . 154 522 eSwatini m. lilangeni ‡ 25 20.8 23.6 41.2 45.2 64.7 81.8 94.9 108 116 119 150 Tanzania b. shillings 14.1 16.1 17.9 29.5 28.2 19.4 40.1 58.2 59.0 86.2 92.3 Togo b. CFA francs 12.8 13.4 13.8 13.0 13.0 14.2 14.1 15.4 . Uganda b. shillings 21.3 41.1 50.7 57.3 61.4 88.3 116 130 153 150 234 Zambia m. kwacha 0.7 2.3 4.2 5.6 16.8 23.1 42.1 47.8 45.7 57.0 . Zimbabwe m. US dollars ǁ 26 407 410 423 330 263 237 259 267 317 459 . Military expenditure by country, in local currency, 1988-2020 © SIPRI 2021 Country Currency Notes 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Americas Central America and the Caribbean Belize m. dollars 8.3 8.8 9.8 9.4 11.0 12.7 16.8 15.9 16.0 19.7 . Costa Rica m. colones 27 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cuba m. pesos 28 1350 1377 1380 1160 . 300 . Dominican Rep. m.pesos 289 339 408 430 806 1217 1329 1148 1474 2149 2428 El Salvador m.US dollar 29 179 213 164 145 134 116 109 112 111 112 111 Guatemala m. quetzales 384 427 593 600 795 814 880 920 855 801 894 Haiti m. gourdes 30 10.0 11.6 14.0 16.5 17.3 22.4 24.6 41.7 . Honduras m. lempiras 31 264 276 276 252 . 263 . Jamaica m. dollars 180 254 285 420 1305 1047 1161 1267 1646 2041 1641 Mexico m. pesos 2232 2839 3406 4404 5647 6614 8894 10031 14309 17294 20677 Nicaragua m. córdobas 32 . 161 289 236 226 238 265 266 286 278 Panama m. balboas 33 103 102 73.1 78.6 78.8 95.2 101 96.6 101 118 104 Trinidad & Tobago m. Dollars . 116 138 161 . North America Canada m. dollars 12336 12854 13473 12830 13111 13293 13008 12457 11511 10831 11716 USA m. dollars 34 309661 321867 325129 299373 325034 316719 308084 295853 287961 293168 290996.1 South America Argentina m. pesos 35 2.4 61.0 1000 2726 3224 3365 3751 3801 3378 3339 3397 Bolivia m. bolivianos 36 218 274 435 514 552 469 622 676 746 947 1260 Brazil m. reais 0.001 0.01 0.2730 1.2 9.8 272 7040 13140 14145 15021 16662 Chile b. pesos § 37 245 264 315 363 424 522 616 725 785 889 972 Colombia b. pesos 38 258 331 447 577 837 1320 1694 2391 4477 3410 4834 Ecuador m. US dollars 39 198 189 202 209 211 276 291 475 419 499 549 Guyana m. dollars ‡ 40 110 164 142 227 453 562 759 808 780 . Paraguay b. guaranies 41 98.1 104 138 262 254 275 307 406 416 366 380 Peru m. nuevos soles 42 0.1 2.3 146 539 1127 1902 2439 3185 3426 3140 3346 Uruguay m. pesos 93.2 185 384 542 1110 1651 2272 3326 4589 5431 6003 Venezuela m. bolivares fuerte ǁ 43 15.9 41.5 34.6 55.9 67.9 117 138 212 306 753 795 Military expenditure by country, in local currency, 1988-2020 © SIPRI 2021 Country Currency Notes 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Asia & Oceania Central Asia Kazakhstan b.