Defense Budget (% of Government Spending) (Africa)

Overview

Defense spending as a share of total government expenditure shows the priority a government places on military capabilities versus other public services. Countries under active security threats or engaged in conflicts tend to allocate a larger portion of their budgets to defense, sometimes at the expense of education, healthcare, and infrastructure.

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea
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# Country % Govt Budget
1 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 46.37%
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 21.57%
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 21.38%
4 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 17.22%
5 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 17.00%
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 16.65%
7 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 14.12%
8 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 13.79%
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 12.79%
10 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 12.50%
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 10.67%
12 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 10.08%
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 9.62%
14 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 9.50%
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 9.11%
# Country % Govt Budget
16 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 8.38%
17 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 8.23%
18 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 8.02%
19 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 7.27%
20 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Congo Democratic Republic 7.14%
21 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 7.13%
22 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 6.91%
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 6.57%
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 6.13%
25 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 6.12%
26 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania 6.10%
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 5.76%
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 5.47%
29 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 5.43%
30 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 5.39%
# Country % Govt Budget
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 4.92%
32 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 4.82%
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 4.75%
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 4.72%
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 4.43%
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 4.24%
37 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 4.24%
38 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 3.80%
39 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory Coast 3.66%
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 3.50%
41 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 3.36%
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 3.20%
43 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 3.07%
44 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 2.93%
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 2.53%
# Country % Govt Budget
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 2.50%
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 2.11%
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde 2.05%
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 1.76%
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 1.32%
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 0.48%