Military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 rose 8.77% to USD 194 mil in Ghana in 2015, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 in Ghana reached an all time high of USD 256 mil in 2012 and an all time low of USD 18.4 mil in 1988. When compared to Ghana's main peers, military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 in Benin amounted to USD 108 mil, USD 548 mil in Ivory Coast and USD 82.1 mil in Togo in 2015.
Ghana has been ranked 109th within the group of 142 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014, 24 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 |
Benin | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 80.7 | 85.0 | |||||||||||
Burkina Faso | USD mil | 129 | 133 | 138 | 153 | 159 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Ghana | USD mil | 92.7 | 88.0 | 164 | 256 | 189 | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 207 | 208 | ... | |||||||||
Ivory Coast | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 447 | 425 | 356 | 434 | 432 | ||||||||||
Liberia | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.60 | 9.86 | 14.4 | 15.7 | 15.3 | |||||||
Mali | USD mil | 152 | 160 | 163 | 154 | 155 | ||||||||||||||||
Niger | USD mil | ... | ... | 53.6 | 70.3 | 81.7 | 73.1 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
Nigeria | USD mil | 2,343 | 2,750 | 3,062 | 2,697 | 2,593 | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58.1 | 61.7 | 58.9 | 66.3 | 72.5 |