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Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region that is very young in terms of democratic practices.
This is due to the fact that most SSA countries fought for their independence which was given to the countries in
the region by the Colonialists who are mostly from the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Belgium etc. This
independence was gotten within the period1960 to 1980. As a result, these new nations in SSA started forming
political parties in other to form governments that will rule their country. However, SSA started witnessing large
scale political instability since the reign of independence. This has led most SSA countries to have authoritarians
as heads of state. In view of these problems, this research investigated the impact of political factors on defense
expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study used data covering for
the period 2000 to 2019. Variables used include previous defense expenditure, military in politics, ethnic conflict
and external conflict. Descriptive statistics and unit root test were also carried out. The Generalized method of
moment by Arrelano and Bond (1991) was used for estimation. The findings showed that apart from
previous defense spending, other political factors determined defense expenditure remotely for the period of
study. As a result of this, the study recommends that policy makers should always review previous
military spending and their outcomes before carrying out any other expenditure on defense so as to avoid waste
of scarce resources. Again, political factors should not be used as the only deciding factor when dealing with
spending on defense so as to avoid arms importation which could be used to achieve political aims and for other
negative purposes
