Military expenditure in local currency rose 6.71% to XOF 51.9 bil in Togo in 2017, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure in local currency in Togo reached an all time high of XOF 51.9 bil in 2017 and an all time low of XOF 0.080 bil in 1961. When compared to Togo's main peers, military expenditure in local currency in Benin amounted to XOF 67.9 bil, XOF 112 bil in Burkina Faso, GHS 0.822 bil in Ghana and NGN 495 bil in Nigeria in 2017.
Togo has been ranked 60th within the group of 151 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure in local currency, 60 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Military Expenditure (Local Currency) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Benin | XOF bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47.2 | 67.9 | 50.1 | 39.9 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | XOF bil | 88.6 | 112 | 170 | 210 | 220 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | XAF bil | 230 | 239 | 239 | 247 | 226 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | XAF bil | ... | 184 | 129 | 141 | 138 | 186 | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | GHS bil | 0.640 | 0.822 | 1.01 | 1.23 | 1.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | XOF bil | ... | 357 | 295 | 338 | 314 | 349 | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | XOF bil | 215 | 270 | 268 | 279 | 342 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | XOF bil | ... | ... | ... | 98.6 | 118 | 128 | 145 | 137 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | NGN bil | 444 | 495 | 654 | 669 | 975 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | XOF bil | ... | ... | ... | 48.7 | 51.9 | 58.0 | 99.9 | 94.3 |
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