Editor's Foreword

Country comparisons
Table 39 International Comparisons of Defence Expenditure and Military Manpower
Defence
Defence
Defence
number in estimated Paramilitary
expenditure
expenditure
expenditure
armed Forces reservists
(Current US$ m) US$ m per capita US$ % of GDP (000) (000) (000)
2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2010 2010 2010
Cape Verde 7 8 9 17 19 21 0.62 0.55 0.51 1 0 0
Central African Republic 16 18 20 4 4 5 1.00 0.99 0.95 3 0 0
Chad 64 89 145 6 9 14 0.92 1.35 1.78 25 0 10
Congo 84 94 112 23 25 29 1.13 1.23 0.89 10 0 2
Cote d'Ivoire 266 290 336 15 15 17 1.45 1.38 1.45 17 10 2
Democratic Republic of Congo 163 166 168 3 3 3 1.88 1.71 1.49 151 0 0
Djibouti 17 18 15 36 25 22 2.21 1.98 1.46 10 0 3
Equatorial Guinea 8 8 11 14 15 18 0.08 0.07 0.06 1 0 0
Eritrea n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 202 120 0
Ethiopia 345 336 366 5 4 4 2.27 1.75 1.23 138 0 0
Gabon 111 123 134 78 85 90 1.09 1.06 0.89 5 0 2
Gambia 4 8 16 2 5 9 0.70 1.23 2.17 1 0 0
Ghana 83 104 105 4 5 4 0.66 0.70 0.69 16 0 0
Guinea 36 52 51 4 5 5 1.17 1.11 1.04 12 0 7
Guinea Bissau 13 15 18 9 10 12 3.95 3.94 3.74 6 0 0
Kenya 398 681 735 11 18 19 1.75 2.47 2.14 24 0 5
Lesotho 35 40 36 17 20 17 2.37 2.38 2.13 2 0 0
Liberia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2 0 0
Madagascar 54 82 103 3 4 5 0.98 1.12 1.09 14 0 8
Malawi 39 42 43 3 3 3 1.79 1.71 1.50 5 0 2
Mali 132 132 157 11 10 12 2.23 1.77 2.14 7 0 5
Mauritius 11 27 36 9 22 28 0.17 0.36 0.39 0 0 2
Mozambique 57 57 76 3 3 4 0.81 0.74 0.83 11 0 0
Namibia 197 239 287 96 116 137 2.47 2.70 3.25 9 0 6
Niger 38 48 58 3 3 4 1.02 1.09 1.08 5 0 5
Nigeria 768 980 1,339 6 7 9 0.53 0.59 0.66 80 0 82
Rwanda 72 62 71 7 6 7 2.52 1.82 1.83 33 0 2
Senegal 149 193 218 12 15 16 1.49 1.64 1.67 14 0 5
Seychelles 15 11 8 178 134 98 1.40 1.12 0.91 0 0 0
Sierra Leone 28 15 14 5 3 3 1.71 0.75 0.59 11 0 0
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