Colombia vs Ethiopia
Colombia vs Ethiopia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.2% of GDP in Colombia and 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 2.71 percentage points, or 6.49 times that in Ethiopia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Ethiopia.
- In 2025, Colombia ranked 21 and Ethiopia ranked 140 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 | 0.49 |
| 2024 | 3.31 | 0.49 |
| 2023 | 2.94 | 0.77 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.86 |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 0.44 |
| 2020 | 3.53 | 0.47 |
| 2019 | 3.15 | 0.56 |
| 2018 | 3.03 | 0.63 |
| 2017 | 3.21 | 0.68 |
| 2016 | 3.07 | 0.68 |
| 2015 | 3.11 | 0.67 |
| 2014 | 3.11 | 0.73 |
| 2013 | 3.27 | 0.81 |
| 2012 | 3.16 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 3.08 | 1.06 |
| 2010 | 3.64 | 1.11 |
| 2009 | 3.89 | 1.21 |
| 2008 | 3.74 | 1.53 |
| 2007 | 3.29 | 1.91 |
| 2006 | 3.3 | 2.31 |
| 2005 | 3.38 | 2.81 |
| 2004 | 3.47 | 3.13 |
| 2003 | 3.46 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 3.42 | 3.76 |
| 2001 | 3.32 | 4.39 |
| 2000 | 3.03 | 7.69 |
| 1999 | 3.76 | 9.51 |
| 1998 | 3.44 | 7.28 |
| 1997 | 2.8 | 3.34 |
| 1996 | 4.45 | 2.12 |
| 1995 | 2.83 | 2.23 |
| 1994 | 2.51 | 2.87 |
| 1993 | 2.53 | 3.07 |
| 1992 | 2.11 | 3.44 |
| 1991 | 1.85 | 5.71 |
| 1990 | 1.86 | 9.66 |
| 1989 | 2.19 | 10.28 |
| 1988 | 2.2 | 8.5 |
| 1987 | 1.98 | 6.86 |
| 1986 | 1.95 | 6.7 |
| 1985 | 2.05 | 6.82 |
| 1984 | 2.33 | 7.97 |
| 1983 | 2.22 | 7.18 |
| 1982 | 1.71 | 7.54 |
| 1981 | 1.76 | 7.54 |
| 1980 | 1.83 | 8.71 |
| 1979 | 1.67 | 6.89 |
| 1978 | 1.55 | 4.81 |
| 1977 | 1.44 | 3.97 |
| 1976 | 1.49 | 4.13 |
| 1975 | 1.74 | 4.49 |
| 1974 | 1.58 | 2.8 |
| 1973 | 1.69 | 1.93 |
| 1972 | 1.97 | 1.94 |
| 1971 | 3.37 | 1.91 |
| 1970 | 2.26 | 1.88 |
| 1969 | 2.06 | 2.02 |
| 1968 | 2.39 | 2.2 |
| 1967 | 3.12 | 2.49 |
| 1966 | 3.17 | 3.11 |
| 1965 | 3.19 | 3.23 |
| 1964 | 3.18 | 2.92 |
| 1963 | 3.52 | 2.43 |
| 1962 | 3.1 | 1.93 |
| 1961 | 2.14 | 1.86 |
| 1960 | 1.88 | – |
| 1959 | 1.83 | – |
| 1958 | 2.36 | – |
- 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
Colombia vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Ethiopia: 13.2% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997