Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita

DEFINITION: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Equatorial Guinea	$256.38 per capita	2004
2	Botswana	$191.35 per capita	2004
3	Seychelles	$147.06 per capita	2004
4	Gabon	$135.65 per capita	2004
5	Namibia	$83.81 per capita	2004
6	South Africa	$68.42 per capita	2004
7	Djibouti	$36.71 per capita	2004
8	Swaziland	$36.17 per capita	2004
9	Eritrea	$35.68 per capita	2004
10	Cape Verde	$28.48 per capita	2004
11	Comoros	$19.73 per capita	2004
12	Lesotho	$17.96 per capita	2004
13	Sudan	$17.49 per capita	2001
14	Zimbabwe	$16.77 per capita	2004
15	Cameroon	$13.79 per capita	2004
16	Angola	$11.85 per capita	2004
17	Benin	$11.80 per capita	2004
18	Chad	$10.72 per capita	2004
19	Mauritius	$10.13 per capita	2004
20	Cote d'Ivoire	$10.08 per capita	2004
21	Senegal	$9.42 per capita	2004
22	Zambia	$9.30 per capita	2004
23	Mauritania	$6.98 per capita	2004
24	Guinea	$6.42 per capita	2004
25	Uganda	$6.12 per capita	2004
26	Mozambique	$6.04 per capita	2004
27	Togo	$5.93 per capita	2004
28	Guinea-Bissau	$5.78 per capita	2004
29	Rwanda	$5.64 per capita	2004
30	Burundi	$5.32 per capita	2004
31	Kenya	$5.29 per capita	2004
32	Burkina Faso	$5.01 per capita	2004
33	Ethiopia	$4.82 per capita	2004
34	Sao Tome and Principe	$4.58 per capita	2004
35	Nigeria	$3.95 per capita	2004
36	Central African Republic	$3.89 per capita	2004
37	Sierra Leone	$2.47 per capita	2004
38	Niger	$2.47 per capita	2004
39	Madagascar	$2.46 per capita	2004
40	Somalia	$2.45 per capita	2003
41	Ghana	$2.27 per capita	2004
42	Mali	$1.71 per capita	2004
43	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$1.67 per capita	2004
44	Malawi	$0.88 per capita	2004
45	The Gambia	$0.68 per capita	2004
46	Tanzania	$0.55 per capita	2004
47	Liberia	$0.46 per capita	2004

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