Military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 fell 23.5% to USD 41.2 mil in Malawi in 2015, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 in Malawi reached an all time high of USD 73.2 mil in 2013 and an all time low of USD 9.28 mil in 1995. When compared to Malawi's main peers, military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 in Mozambique amounted to USD 180 mil, USD 3,881 mil in South Africa, USD 585 mil in Tanzania and USD 487 mil in Zambia in 2015.
Malawi has been ranked 131st within the group of 142 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Military Expenditure (Constant 2014 USD) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Angola | USD mil | 4,464 | 4,777 | 4,473 | 4,694 | 6,411 | ||||||||||||||||
Botswana | USD mil | 363 | 340 | 335 | 313 | 292 | ||||||||||||||||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | 149 | 234 | 267 | 339 | 376 | |||||||||||||
Kenya | USD mil | 745 | 790 | 807 | 913 | 901 | ||||||||||||||||
Lesotho | USD mil | 47.2 | 58.7 | 45.6 | 44.5 | 44.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Malawi | USD mil | 43.4 | 36.6 | 37.4 | 46.0 | 73.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | USD mil | 101 | 130 | 121 | 135 | 155 | ||||||||||||||||
Namibia | USD mil | 306 | 334 | 352 | 347 | 365 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | USD mil | 3,639 | 3,516 | 3,643 | 3,810 | 3,897 | ||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | USD mil | 79.9 | 88.8 | 86.8 | 76.5 | 80.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | USD mil | 278 | 361 | 388 | 394 | 455 | ||||||||||||||||
Uganda | USD mil | 355 | 759 | 739 | 373 | 311 | ||||||||||||||||
Zambia | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 257 | 286 | 300 | 334 | 361 | |||||||||||
Zimbabwe | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | 107 | 209 | 323 | 356 |