Benin vs Ethiopia
Benin vs Ethiopia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $204M in Benin and $785M in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by $582M, or 3.86 times that in Benin.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2025, Benin ranked 119 and Ethiopia ranked 85 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Benin | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $204M | $785M |
| 2024 | $167M | $700M |
| 2023 | $151M | $982M |
| 2022 | $118M | $1.01B |
| 2021 | $93.9M | $492M |
| 2020 | $73M | $510M |
| 2019 | $72.7M | $585M |
| 2018 | $90.6M | $628M |
| 2017 | $124M | $636M |
| 2016 | $87.4M | $610M |
| 2015 | $98.8M | $531M |
| 2014 | $84.7M | $515M |
| 2013 | $77.8M | $497M |
| 2012 | $73.4M | $496M |
| 2011 | – | $515M |
| 2010 | – | $528M |
| 2009 | – | $544M |
| 2008 | $60.3M | $553M |
| 2007 | – | $693M |
| 2006 | $55.6M | $751M |
| 2005 | $55.6M | $832M |
| 2004 | $54.9M | $829M |
| 2003 | $50.3M | $764M |
| 2002 | $46.1M | $897M |
| 2001 | $25.1M | $1.08B |
| 2000 | $28M | $1.7B |
| 1999 | $31M | $1.88B |
| 1998 | – | $1.19B |
| 1997 | – | $555M |
| 1996 | – | $302M |
| 1995 | – | $259M |
| 1994 | – | $307M |
| 1993 | – | $334M |
| 1992 | – | $302M |
| 1991 | – | $510M |
| 1990 | $50.1M | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $51.6M | $1.08B |
| 1988 | $62.2M | $912M |
| 1987 | $62.6M | $757M |
| 1986 | $52.5M | $681M |
| 1985 | $51.6M | $600M |
| 1984 | $54.4M | $704M |
| 1983 | $43.8M | $737M |
| 1982 | $33M | $694M |
| 1981 | $29.5M | $697M |
| 1980 | $31.8M | $724M |
| 1979 | $26.4M | $582M |
| 1978 | $14.9M | $435M |
| 1977 | $20.9M | $377M |
| 1976 | $15.8M | $417M |
| 1975 | $18.1M | $524M |
| 1974 | $19M | $334M |
| 1973 | $20.1M | $238M |
| 1972 | $18.5M | $241M |
| 1971 | $16.9M | $216M |
| 1970 | $16.9M | $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
Benin vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025