Mozambique Military Spending

Mozambique’s military expenditure has remained modest, standing at 2.00 percent of GDP in 2025, which places the country at rank 59 globally and aligns it with peers such as France and Romania that record the same share. The trajectory over the 46‑year series shows a pronounced swing from an all‑time peak of 4.00 percent in 1984, during the height of the Cold War‑era regional conflicts, down to a historic trough of 0.60 percent in 2006, when post‑civil‑war reconstruction constrained defence budgets. Since that low point, spending has gradually risen, reaching the current level that matches the Slovak Republic’s 1.96 percent and Norway’s 1.92 percent, indicating a steady re‑orientation toward maintaining internal security and contributing to regional peacekeeping. The upward trend suggests that future fiscal allocations to the armed forces will likely continue to increase modestly, unless a significant shift in external security threats or a reallocation of public resources toward other priorities alters the current trajectory.