Argentina vs Ethiopia
Argentina vs Ethiopia: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1 million TIV in Argentina in 2011 and 17 million TIV in Ethiopia in 1997, by SIPRI estimates. In 1987 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 47 million TIV, or 13 times that in Argentina.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
- The world as a whole: 39.4 billion TIV in 1987.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 2 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 2 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 17 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 5 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 5 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 13 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 6 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 4 million | 51 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 35 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 5 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 7 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 31 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 8 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 1 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 11 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 8 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 4 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 6 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025