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Low income
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Within the “Low income” group, Burkina Faso leads Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024 at 4.68%, while Sierra Leone sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.46%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.01.22.33.54.7Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 4.68%4.7MaliMali: 4.20%4.2BurundiBurundi: 3.80%3.8ChadChad: 2.98%3.0Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 2.52%2.5NigerNiger: 2.24%2.2MozambiqueMozambique: 1.99%2.0South SudanSouth Sudan: 1.96%2.0UgandaUganda: 1.88%1.9Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 1.59%1.6RwandaRwanda: 1.25%1.2Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 1.23%1.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Burkina Faso 4.68%
2 Mali 4.20%
3 Burundi 3.80%
4 Chad 2.98%
5 Central African Republic 2.52%
6 Niger 2.24%
7 Mozambique 1.99%
8 South Sudan 1.96%
9 Uganda 1.88%
10 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1.59%
11 Rwanda 1.25%
12 Congo, Dem. Rep. 1.23%
13 Malawi 1.02%
14 Liberia 0.71%
15 Madagascar 0.71%
16 Ethiopia 0.65%
17 Gambia, The 0.57%
18 Sierra Leone 0.46%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Low income group for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, Burkina Faso leads with a gap of 0.48% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 18 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Sierra Leone at 0.46%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.