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Benin vs Somalia: Military spending

Benin
140.87 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Somalia
149.19 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Benin rank
140th
Somalia rank
138th

Military spending over time

  • Benin
  • Somalia
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M196019912023

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 149.19 million constant 2022 US$ against 140.87 million constant 2022 US$ in Benin, a difference of 8.32 million constant 2022 US$.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.

Benin ranks 140th and Somalia ranks 138th 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.