Angola vs Ethiopia
Angola vs Ethiopia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.4% of GDP in Angola and 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by 0.9 percentage points, or 2.83 times that in Ethiopia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Ethiopia.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 89 and Ethiopia ranked 140 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 | 0.49 |
| 2024 | 1.03 | 0.49 |
| 2023 | 1.43 | 0.77 |
| 2022 | 1.43 | 0.86 |
| 2021 | 1.39 | 0.44 |
| 2020 | 1.81 | 0.47 |
| 2019 | 1.77 | 0.56 |
| 2018 | 1.96 | 0.63 |
| 2017 | 2.51 | 0.68 |
| 2016 | 2.73 | 0.68 |
| 2015 | 3.11 | 0.67 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 0.73 |
| 2013 | 4.46 | 0.81 |
| 2012 | 3.24 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 3.26 | 1.06 |
| 2010 | 4.18 | 1.11 |
| 2009 | 4.71 | 1.21 |
| 2008 | 3.57 | 1.53 |
| 2007 | 3.11 | 1.91 |
| 2006 | 3.76 | 2.31 |
| 2005 | 3.69 | 2.81 |
| 2004 | 3.47 | 3.13 |
| 2003 | 3.76 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 2.87 | 3.76 |
| 2001 | 4.52 | 4.39 |
| 2000 | 6.39 | 7.69 |
| 1999 | 17.33 | 9.51 |
| 1998 | 2.64 | 7.28 |
| 1997 | 5.97 | 3.34 |
| 1996 | 2.45 | 2.12 |
| 1995 | 4.71 | 2.23 |
| 1994 | 5.71 | 2.87 |
| 1993 | 17.52 | 3.07 |
| 1992 | 5.68 | 3.44 |
| 1991 | 7.1 | 5.71 |
| 1990 | 17.46 | 9.66 |
| 1989 | 19.43 | 10.28 |
| 1988 | 21.98 | 8.5 |
| 1987 | 22.25 | 6.86 |
| 1986 | 0 | 6.7 |
| 1985 | 0 | 6.82 |
| 1984 | – | 7.97 |
| 1983 | – | 7.18 |
| 1982 | – | 7.54 |
| 1981 | – | 7.54 |
| 1980 | – | 8.71 |
| 1979 | – | 6.89 |
| 1978 | – | 4.81 |
| 1977 | – | 3.97 |
| 1976 | – | 4.13 |
| 1975 | – | 4.49 |
| 1974 | – | 2.8 |
| 1973 | – | 1.93 |
| 1972 | – | 1.94 |
| 1971 | – | 1.91 |
| 1970 | – | 1.88 |
| 1969 | – | 2.02 |
| 1968 | – | 2.2 |
| 1967 | – | 2.49 |
| 1966 | – | 3.11 |
| 1965 | – | 3.23 |
| 1964 | – | 2.92 |
| 1963 | – | 2.43 |
| 1962 | – | 1.93 |
| 1961 | – | 1.86 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997