Burundi vs Ethiopia
Burundi vs Ethiopia: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 14.9% of government spending in Burundi and 4.1% of government spending in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 10.7 percentage points, or 3.61 times that in Ethiopia.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Burundi has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Ethiopia.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 15 and Ethiopia ranked 102 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.9 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 15.9 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 12.1 | 7.1 |
| 2022 | 7.7 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | 7.2 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 7.4 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | 9.8 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 8.3 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | 8.3 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 9.9 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | 9.2 | 3.9 |
| 2014 | 8.1 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 7.1 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 6.7 | 5.2 |
| 2011 | – | 5.8 |
| 2010 | – | 5.9 |
| 2009 | – | 6.9 |
| 2008 | 6.6 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8.8 | 9.1 |
| 2006 | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| 2005 | 13.4 | 12.1 |
| 2004 | 12 | 13.3 |
| 2003 | 15.2 | 12 |
| 2002 | 22.6 | 14.8 |
| 2001 | 23.9 | 19.2 |
| 2000 | 19.7 | 29.5 |
| 1999 | 24.8 | 36.2 |
| 1998 | 28.3 | 28.8 |
| 1997 | 29.1 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 20.6 | 7.9 |
| 1995 | 16.4 | 9 |
| 1994 | 20.1 | 11.5 |
| 1993 | 13.8 | 15.7 |
| 1992 | 11.9 | 17 |
| 1991 | 16.4 | 22.6 |
| 1990 | 17.3 | 30.8 |
| 1989 | – | 28.2 |
| 1988 | – | 26 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Burundi vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurundi: $169M in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025