Military expenditure in local currency rose 72.3% to XOF 99.9 bil in Togo in 2019, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure in local currency in Togo reached an all time high of XOF 99.9 bil in 2019 and an all time low of XOF 0.080 bil in 1961. When compared to Togo's main peers, military expenditure in local currency in Benin amounted to XOF 39.9 bil, XOF 210 bil in Burkina Faso, GHS 1.23 bil in Ghana and NGN 669 bil in Nigeria in 2019.
Togo has been ranked 52nd within the group of 145 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure in local currency, 9 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 |
| Benin | XOF bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47.2 | 67.9 | 50.1 | 39.9 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | XOF bil | 88.6 | 112 | 170 | 210 | 220 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | XAF bil | 230 | 239 | 239 | 247 | 226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | XAF bil | ... | 184 | 129 | 141 | 138 | 186 | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | GHS bil | 0.640 | 0.822 | 1.01 | 1.23 | 1.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | XOF bil | ... | 357 | 295 | 338 | 314 | 349 | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | XOF bil | 215 | 270 | 268 | 279 | 342 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | XOF bil | ... | ... | ... | 98.6 | 118 | 128 | 145 | 137 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | NGN bil | 444 | 495 | 654 | 669 | 975 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | XOF bil | ... | ... | ... | 48.7 | 51.9 | 58.0 | 99.9 | 94.3 |
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