Madagascar vs Mauritius: Military spending as a share of GDP
Madagascar
0.5%
in 2019
Mauritius
0.6%
in 2019
Madagascar rank
152nd
Mauritius rank
149th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Madagascar, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 152nd and Mauritius ranks 149th of 172 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Mauritius in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 0.1% | 1.2% | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.2% | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.9% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Madagascar or Mauritius?
- Mauritius, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Madagascar as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Madagascar and Mauritius?
- 0.1%, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mauritius?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2019.
- How do Madagascar and Mauritius rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Madagascar ranks 152nd and Mauritius ranks 149th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β 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).