Cape Verde vs Madagascar: Military spending as a share of GDP
Cape Verde
0.5%
in 2019
Madagascar
0.5%
in 2019
Cape Verde rank
155th
Madagascar rank
152nd
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Cape Verde
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 155th and Madagascar ranks 152nd of 172 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 0.1% | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 2.2% | 1.3% | 0.9% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Cape Verde or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Cape Verde as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Cape Verde and Madagascar?
- 0.0%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Madagascar?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2019.
- How do Cape Verde and Madagascar rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Cape Verde ranks 155th and Madagascar ranks 152nd of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).