Sub-Saharan Africa
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Burkina Faso leads Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024 at 4.68%, while Mauritius sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.15%. 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%3.0BotswanaBotswana: 2.83%2.8NamibiaNamibia: 2.73%2.7Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 2.52%2.5NigerNiger: 2.24%2.2MauritaniaMauritania: 2.16%2.2GuineaGuinea: 2.05%2.1TogoTogo: 2.00%2.0MozambiqueMozambique: 1.99%2.0

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Burkina Faso 4.68%
2 Mali 4.20%
3 Burundi 3.80%
4 Chad 2.98%
5 Botswana 2.83%
6 Namibia 2.73%
7 Central African Republic 2.52%
8 Niger 2.24%
9 Mauritania 2.16%
10 Guinea 2.05%
11 Togo 2.00%
12 Mozambique 1.99%
13 South Sudan 1.96%
14 Uganda 1.88%
15 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1.59%
16 Lesotho 1.57%
17 Senegal 1.57%
18 Gabon 1.54%
19 Eswatini 1.44%
20 Zambia 1.33%
21 Rwanda 1.25%
22 Congo, Dem. Rep. 1.23%
23 Congo, Rep. 1.19%
24 Seychelles 1.18%
25 Tanzania 1.15%
26 Malawi 1.02%
27 Cameroon 1.01%
28 Angola 1.00%
29 Kenya 1.00%
30 Equatorial Guinea 0.98%
31 Cote d'Ivoire 0.76%
32 Benin 0.72%
33 Liberia 0.71%
34 Madagascar 0.71%
35 South Africa 0.70%
36 Ethiopia 0.65%
37 Cabo Verde 0.62%
38 Gambia, The 0.57%
39 Nigeria 0.56%
40 Sierra Leone 0.46%
41 Ghana 0.38%
42 Zimbabwe 0.35%
43 Mauritius 0.15%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa 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 43 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Mauritius at 0.15%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.