COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Liberia Military Spending
Liberia military spending: latest available value for 2024, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0,71 | -0,71 |
| 2023 | 1,42 | 0,11 |
| 2022 | 1,31 | 0,47 |
| 2021 | 0,85 | 0,42 |
| 2020 | 0,42 | 0,01 |
| 2019 | 0,42 | 0,01 |
| 2018 | 0,41 | 0,00 |
| 2017 | 0,40 | -0,05 |
| 2016 | 0,45 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product
Source organization: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://www.sipri.org/databases
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 02:38:11. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesLiberia recorded 0,71 percent of GDP in 2024, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2023, the military spending decreased by 0,71.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 9 observations from 2016 to 2024, the average was 0,71; the minimum was 0,40 in 2017 and the maximum was 1,42 in 2023.
Liberia ranks 135 out of 156 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Defense burden and spending priorities.