# Military expenditure in Ghana

Military expenditure in Ghana was 0.5% of GDP in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `military_expenditure_gdp`
- Place id: `gh`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP: current and capital spending on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces, defence ministries, paramilitary forces trained for military operations and military space activities. World Bank series from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- Note: SIPRI definition, so values can differ from the NATO defence expenditure figures used for the 2% target.
- Source: World Bank, Military expenditure, % of GDP (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Military expenditure, % of GDP (MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/military-expenditure/ghana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/military-expenditure/ghana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=military_expenditure_gdp&place=gh

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | 0.3 |
| 2023 | 0.4 |
| 2022 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 0.4 |
| 2014 | 0.5 |
| 2013 | 0.4 |
| 2012 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | 0.4 |
| 2010 | 0.3 |
| 2009 | 0.3 |
| 2008 | 0.3 |
| 2007 | 0.4 |
| 2006 | 0.3 |
| 2005 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 0.3 |
| 2003 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | 0.3 |
| 2001 | 0.3 |
| 2000 | 0.4 |
| 1999 | 0.3 |
| 1998 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | 0.3 |
| 1995 | 0.3 |
| 1994 | 0.4 |
| 1993 | 0.4 |
| 1992 | 0.4 |
| 1991 | 0.4 |
| 1990 | 0.3 |
| 1989 | 0.4 |
| 1988 | 0.4 |
| 1987 | 0.9 |
| 1986 | 0.9 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1984 | 0.6 |
| 1983 | 0.3 |
| 1982 | 0.5 |
| 1981 | 0.7 |
| 1980 | 0.8 |
| 1979 | 0.6 |
| 1978 | 0.9 |
| 1977 | 1.3 |
| 1976 | 1.6 |
| 1975 | 1.7 |
| 1974 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 1.4 |
| 1972 | 1.4 |
| 1971 | 1.7 |
| 1970 | 2.1 |
| 1969 | 2.5 |
| 1968 | 2.7 |
| 1966 | 2.2 |
| 1965 | 1.7 |
| 1964 | 1.9 |
| 1963 | 2 |
| 1962 | 2 |
| 1961 | 2.1 |
| 1960 | 1.7 |