Africa: military expenditure 2022 | Statista

Military expenditure in Africa decreased to around 38 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, shrinking from roughly 40 billion U.S. dollars in the previous year. Overall, spending on defense has grown in the continent and more than doubled in comparison to 2000. That year, military expenditure in Africa was at nearly 18 billion U.S. dollars.

Military expenditure in Africa from 2000 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Military expenditure in billion U.S. dollars
2022	37.9
2021	40
2020*	39
2019	37.2
2018	36.3
2017	37.6
2016*	38.6
2015*	40.5
2014	42.4
2013	40.5
2012*	37.6
2011	38
2010	34.2
2009	32.4
2008	31.9
2007	27.3
2006	26
2005	22.1
2004	22
2003	19.2
2002	20.2
2001	18.4
2000*	17.8

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2023

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Africa

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2000 to 2022

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at constant 2021 prices and exchange rates

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* More than 10 percent of the total figure consists of estimates for countries for which data are missing.

Omitted countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia.

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