Jamaica vs Rwanda: Military spending

Jamaica
278.59 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Rwanda
218.10 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Jamaica rank
130th
Rwanda rank
133rd

Military spending over time

  • Jamaica
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 278.59 million constant 2022 US$ against 218.10 million constant 2022 US$ in Rwanda, a difference of 60.48 million constant 2022 US$.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.3 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Rwanda ahead.

Jamaica ranks 130th and Rwanda ranks 133rd 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.