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Namibia vs Zambia: Military spending

Namibia
463.26 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Zambia
421.22 million constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Namibia rank
116th
Zambia rank
118th

Military spending over time

  • Namibia
  • Zambia
0200.0M400.0M600.0M196419932023

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 463.26 million constant 2022 US$ against 421.22 million constant 2022 US$ in Zambia, a difference of 42.04 million constant 2022 US$.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zambia ahead.

Namibia ranks 116th and Zambia ranks 118th 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.