Military expenditure in local currency fell 2.52% to MWK 71.0 bil in Malawi in 2022, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure in local currency in Malawi reached an all time high of MWK 73.5 bil in 2020 and an all time low of MWK 0.001 bil in 1965. When compared to Malawi's main peers, military expenditure in local currency in Mozambique amounted to MZN 18.0 bil, ZAR 49.0 bil in South Africa, TNS 1,936 bil in Tanzania and ZMW 5.52 bil in Zambia in 2022.
Malawi has been ranked 63rd within the group of 150 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure in local currency, 22 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Military Expenditure (Local Currency) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Angola | AOA bil | 452 | 508 | 501 | 536 | 574 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | BWP bil | 5.61 | 5.41 | 5.08 | 5.53 | 5.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | CDF bil | ... | 400 | 429 | 477 | 582 | 670 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenya | KES bil | 94.7 | 105 | 113 | 114 | 119 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | LSL bil | 0.611 | 0.698 | 0.676 | 0.648 | 0.636 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | MWK bil | 25.1 | 34.6 | 42.7 | 62.5 | 73.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | MZN bil | 7.00 | 8.30 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 20.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | NAD bil | 6.26 | 6.04 | 6.03 | 5.98 | 6.06 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | ZAR bil | 46.2 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 49.6 | 53.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | SZL bil | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.27 | 1.25 | 1.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | TNS bil | 1,185 | 1,254 | 1,365 | 1,428 | 1,566 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | UGX bil | 1,089 | 1,252 | 1,522 | 2,400 | 3,660 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | ZMW bil | ... | ... | 3.09 | 3.20 | 3.96 | 3.77 | 3.88 | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | ZWD bil | ... | ... | ... | 0.358 | 0.341 | 0.420 | 1.37 | 3.11 |
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