Mozambique vs Zambia: Military spending gmsd

Mozambique
387.93 million
in 2023
Zambia
421.22 million
in 2023
Mozambique rank
120th
Zambia rank
118th

Military spending gmsd over time

  • Mozambique
  • Zambia
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M500.0M196419932023

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 421.22 million against 387.93 million in Mozambique, a difference of 33.29 million.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Zambia ahead.

Mozambique ranks 120th and Zambia ranks 118th of 172 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mozambique Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 196.97 million 416.31 million 219.34 million Zambia
1980s 311.91 million 321.61 million 9.71 million Zambia
1990s 128.79 million 116.86 million 11.93 million Mozambique
2000s 101.15 million 170.71 million 69.55 million Zambia
2010s 131.10 million 398.64 million 267.54 million Zambia
2020s 330.44 million 397.61 million 67.17 million Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military spending gmsd, Mozambique or Zambia?
Zambia, at 421.22 million against 387.93 million in Mozambique as of 2023.
What is the difference in military spending gmsd between Mozambique and Zambia?
33.29 million, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Zambia?
49 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do Mozambique and Zambia rank globally for military spending gmsd?
Mozambique ranks 120th and Zambia ranks 118th of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Military spending gmsd. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mozambique vs Zambia: Military spending gmsd. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 13 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-gmsd/mozambique/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-gmsd/mozambique/zambia/">Mozambique vs Zambia: Military spending gmsd</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military spending gmsd
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
Last refreshed