Military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 rose 2.32% to USD 48.8 mil in Lesotho in 2015, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 in Lesotho reached an all time high of USD 58.7 mil in 2010 and an all time low of USD 28.2 mil in 1993. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014 in Botswana amounted to USD 436 mil, USD 3,881 mil in South Africa, USD 82.1 mil in Swaziland and USD 383 mil in Zimbabwe in 2015.
Lesotho has been ranked 129th within the group of 142 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure at constant USD prices from 2014, 12 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Military Expenditure (Constant 2014 USD) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Botswana | USD mil | 363 | 340 | 335 | 313 | 292 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | USD mil | 47.2 | 58.7 | 45.6 | 44.5 | 44.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | USD mil | 101 | 130 | 121 | 135 | 155 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | USD mil | 306 | 334 | 352 | 347 | 365 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | USD mil | 3,639 | 3,516 | 3,643 | 3,810 | 3,897 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | USD mil | 79.9 | 88.8 | 86.8 | 76.5 | 80.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 257 | 286 | 300 | 334 | 361 | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | USD mil | ... | ... | ... | 107 | 209 | 323 | 356 |
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