Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Military spending

Malawi

127.88 million constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Zimbabwe

133.49 million constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Malawi rank

135th

Zimbabwe rank

134th

Military spending over time

Malawi
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 133.49 million constant 2024 US$ against 127.88 million constant 2024 US$ in Malawi, a difference of 5.62 million constant 2024 US$.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 135th and Zimbabwe ranks 134th 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.