Chad vs Ethiopia
Chad vs Ethiopia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $598M in Chad and $785M in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by $187M, or 1.31 times that in Chad.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Chad.
- In 2025, Chad ranked 92 and Ethiopia ranked 85 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chad | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $598M | $785M |
| 2024 | $558M | $700M |
| 2023 | $406M | $982M |
| 2022 | $412M | $1.01B |
| 2021 | $387M | $492M |
| 2020 | $388M | $510M |
| 2019 | $300M | $585M |
| 2018 | $304M | $628M |
| 2017 | $290M | $636M |
| 2016 | $408M | $610M |
| 2015 | $288M | $531M |
| 2014 | $446M | $515M |
| 2013 | $839M | $497M |
| 2012 | – | $496M |
| 2011 | $724M | $515M |
| 2010 | $784M | $528M |
| 2009 | $878M | $544M |
| 2008 | $757M | $553M |
| 2007 | $569M | $693M |
| 2006 | $324M | $751M |
| 2005 | $87.8M | $832M |
| 2004 | $86.4M | $829M |
| 2003 | $72.9M | $764M |
| 2002 | $71.9M | $897M |
| 2001 | $60.8M | $1.08B |
| 2000 | $54.1M | $1.7B |
| 1999 | $47.7M | $1.88B |
| 1998 | $32.3M | $1.19B |
| 1997 | $34.4M | $555M |
| 1996 | $47.5M | $302M |
| 1995 | $41.7M | $259M |
| 1994 | $56M | $307M |
| 1993 | $71.6M | $334M |
| 1992 | $55.2M | $302M |
| 1991 | – | $510M |
| 1990 | $55.2M | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $106M | $1.08B |
| 1988 | $131M | $912M |
| 1987 | $67.1M | $757M |
| 1986 | $104M | $681M |
| 1985 | $90.6M | $600M |
| 1984 | $98.1M | $704M |
| 1983 | $101M | $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
Chad vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Ethiopia: 13.2% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997