Angola vs Ethiopia
Angola vs Ethiopia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.26B in Angola and $785M in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by $478M, or 1.61 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Ethiopia.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 76 and Ethiopia ranked 85 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.26B | $785M |
| 2024 | $924M | $700M |
| 2023 | $1.26B | $982M |
| 2022 | $1.25B | $1.01B |
| 2021 | $1.25B | $492M |
| 2020 | $1.47B | $510M |
| 2019 | $1.68B | $585M |
| 2018 | $1.84B | $628M |
| 2017 | $2.23B | $636M |
| 2016 | $2.57B | $610M |
| 2015 | $3.22B | $531M |
| 2014 | $5.47B | $515M |
| 2013 | $5.13B | $497M |
| 2012 | $3.75B | $496M |
| 2011 | $3.58B | $515M |
| 2010 | $3.82B | $528M |
| 2009 | $3.57B | $544M |
| 2008 | $3.67B | $553M |
| 2007 | $2.71B | $693M |
| 2006 | $3.09B | $751M |
| 2005 | $2.63B | $832M |
| 2004 | $1.86B | $829M |
| 2003 | $1.95B | $764M |
| 2002 | $1.48B | $897M |
| 2001 | $1.44B | $1.08B |
| 2000 | $2.39B | $1.7B |
| 1999 | $5.16B | $1.88B |
| 1998 | $404M | $1.19B |
| 1997 | $1.31B | $555M |
| 1996 | $817M | $302M |
| 1995 | $1.09B | $259M |
| 1994 | $10.1B | $307M |
| 1993 | $2.33B | $334M |
| 1992 | $145M | $302M |
| 1991 | $166M | $510M |
| 1990 | $278M | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $319M | $1.08B |
| 1988 | $249M | $912M |
| 1987 | – | $757M |
| 1986 | – | $681M |
| 1985 | – | $600M |
| 1984 | – | $704M |
| 1983 | – | $737M |
| 1982 | – | $694M |
| 1981 | – | $697M |
| 1980 | – | $724M |
| 1979 | – | $582M |
| 1978 | – | $435M |
| 1977 | – | $377M |
| 1976 | – | $417M |
| 1975 | – | $524M |
| 1974 | – | $334M |
| 1973 | – | $238M |
| 1972 | – | $241M |
| 1971 | – | $216M |
| 1970 | – | $208M |
| 1969 | – | $228M |
| 1968 | – | $233M |
| 1967 | – | $249M |
| 1966 | – | $295M |
| 1965 | – | $287M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP 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