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Benin vs Malawi: Military spending

Benin
140.87 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Malawi
142.12 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Benin rank
140th
Malawi rank
139th

Military spending over time

  • Benin
  • Malawi
050.0M100.0M150.0M196019912023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 142.12 million constant 2022 US$ against 140.87 million constant 2022 US$ in Benin, a difference of 1.25 million constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 140th and Malawi ranks 139th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
Last refreshed

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.