World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Sierra Leone

Most recent: 0.4625 (2024)
Earliest: 0.7511 (1960)
Highest: 1.723 (2001)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Sierra Leone at the United Nations

Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024	0.4625
2023	0.6033
2022	0.5823
2021	0.6003
2020	0.4861
2019	0.3763
2018	0.4657
2017	0.677
2016	0.7142
2015	0.5817
2014	0.7473
2013	0.47
2012	0.5179
2011	0.5309
2010	0.6004
2009	0.6958
2008	0.6037
2007	0.8427
2006	0.8909
2005	0.8595
2004	0.9749
2003	1.278
2002	1.36
2001	1.723
2000	1.578
1999	1.093
1998	0.6437
1997	0.4805
1996	0.8499
1995	1.237
1994	1.251
1993	1.307
1992	1.688
1991	1.279
1990	0.8208
1989	0.5245
1988	0.3016
1987	0.2516
1986	0.3454
1985	0.2248
1984	0.3022
1983	0.3607
1982	0.4328
1981	0.5438
1980	0.5874
1979	1.108
1978	0.9999
1977	1.088
1976	1.092
1975	1.03
1974	1.214
1973	1.042
1972	0.9531
1971	0.8987
1970	0.935
1969	0.8727
1968	0.8049
1967	0.7969
1966	0.6926
1965	0.7226
1964	0.7808
1963	0.7631
1962	0.7142
1961	0.7266
1960	0.7511

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