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Cape Verde vs Laos: Military spending

Cape Verde
14.40 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Laos
26.46 million constant 2022 US$
in 2016
Cape Verde rank
169th
Laos rank
166th

Military spending over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Laos
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M195419882023

How they compare

Laos currently reports 26.46 million constant 2022 US$ against 14.40 million constant 2022 US$ in Cape Verde, a difference of 12.05 million constant 2022 US$.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.8 times Cape Verde's.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Laos has been ahead every year.

Cape Verde ranks 169th and Laos ranks 166th 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
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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.