Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Military spending

Lesotho

37.25 million constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Sierra Leone

29.53 million constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Lesotho rank

149th

Sierra Leone rank

152nd

Military spending over time

Lesotho
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 37.25 million constant 2024 US$ against 29.53 million constant 2024 US$ in Sierra Leone, a difference of 7.72 million constant 2024 US$.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Lesotho ranks 149th and Sierra Leone ranks 152nd of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.