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Zimbabwe
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#143out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

8.56.44.42.30.2196419942024Zimbabwe · 2024: 0.35%Zimbabwe

Analytical takeaways

  • Zimbabwe records 0.35% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #143 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) declined from 1.04% in 1964 to 0.35% in 2024, a decrease of 0.69%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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