Brazil vs Ethiopia
Brazil vs Ethiopia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.05% of GDP in Brazil and 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.56 percentage points, or 2.13 times that in Ethiopia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Ethiopia.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 107 and Ethiopia ranked 140 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.05 | 0.49 |
| 2024 | 0.96 | 0.49 |
| 2023 | 0.99 | 0.77 |
| 2022 | 1.05 | 0.86 |
| 2021 | 1.15 | 0.44 |
| 2020 | 1.33 | 0.47 |
| 2019 | 1.38 | 0.56 |
| 2018 | 1.47 | 0.63 |
| 2017 | 1.41 | 0.68 |
| 2016 | 1.35 | 0.68 |
| 2015 | 1.37 | 0.67 |
| 2014 | 1.33 | 0.73 |
| 2013 | 1.33 | 0.81 |
| 2012 | 1.38 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 1.41 | 1.06 |
| 2010 | 1.54 | 1.11 |
| 2009 | 1.54 | 1.21 |
| 2008 | 1.44 | 1.53 |
| 2007 | 1.47 | 1.91 |
| 2006 | 1.48 | 2.31 |
| 2005 | 1.52 | 2.81 |
| 2004 | 1.46 | 3.13 |
| 2003 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 1.9 | 3.76 |
| 2001 | 1.95 | 4.39 |
| 2000 | 1.73 | 7.69 |
| 1999 | 1.65 | 9.51 |
| 1998 | 1.66 | 7.28 |
| 1997 | 1.58 | 3.34 |
| 1996 | 1.66 | 2.12 |
| 1995 | 1.86 | 2.23 |
| 1994 | 2.02 | 2.87 |
| 1993 | 1.93 | 3.07 |
| 1992 | 1.52 | 3.44 |
| 1991 | 1.96 | 5.71 |
| 1990 | 2.36 | 9.66 |
| 1989 | 2.69 | 10.28 |
| 1988 | 2.12 | 8.5 |
| 1987 | 1.74 | 6.86 |
| 1986 | 1.22 | 6.7 |
| 1985 | 1.43 | 6.82 |
| 1984 | 1.2 | 7.97 |
| 1983 | 1.26 | 7.18 |
| 1982 | 1.3 | 7.54 |
| 1981 | 1.14 | 7.54 |
| 1980 | 1.14 | 8.71 |
| 1979 | 1.52 | 6.89 |
| 1978 | 1.6 | 4.81 |
| 1977 | 1.69 | 3.97 |
| 1976 | 2 | 4.13 |
| 1975 | 1.97 | 4.49 |
| 1974 | 1.94 | 2.8 |
| 1973 | 2.16 | 1.93 |
| 1972 | 2.44 | 1.94 |
| 1971 | 2.62 | 1.91 |
| 1970 | 2.89 | 1.88 |
| 1969 | 2.62 | 2.02 |
| 1968 | 2.65 | 2.2 |
| 1967 | 2.86 | 2.49 |
| 1966 | 3.02 | 3.11 |
| 1965 | 3.35 | 3.23 |
| 1964 | 2.01 | 2.92 |
| 1963 | 2.26 | 2.43 |
| 1962 | 2.4 | 1.93 |
| 1961 | 2.36 | 1.86 |
| 1960 | 2.68 | – |
| 1959 | 2.96 | – |
| 1958 | 4.07 | – |
| 1957 | 4.4 | – |
| 1953 | 3.6 | – |
- 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
Brazil vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Ethiopia: 13.2% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997