Namibia vs Zambia: Military spending

Namibia

386.27 million constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Zambia

342.74 million constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Namibia rank

114th

Zambia rank

117th

Military spending over time

Namibia
Zambia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 386.27 million constant 2024 US$ against 342.74 million constant 2024 US$ in Zambia, a difference of 43.54 million constant 2024 US$.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zambia ahead.

Namibia ranks 114th and Zambia ranks 117th 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.