Colombia vs Ethiopia
Colombia vs Ethiopia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $13.7B in Colombia and $785M in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by $13B, or 17 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
- In 2025, Colombia ranked 29 and Ethiopia ranked 85 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.7B | $785M |
| 2024 | $13.9B | $700M |
| 2023 | $12.2B | $982M |
| 2022 | $12B | $1.01B |
| 2021 | $12.3B | $492M |
| 2020 | $11.8B | $510M |
| 2019 | $11.4B | $585M |
| 2018 | $10.6B | $628M |
| 2017 | $10.8B | $636M |
| 2016 | $10.1B | $610M |
| 2015 | $10.3B | $531M |
| 2014 | $10.2B | $515M |
| 2013 | $10.3B | $497M |
| 2012 | $9.5B | $496M |
| 2011 | $8.87B | $515M |
| 2010 | $9.53B | $528M |
| 2009 | $9.61B | $544M |
| 2008 | $9.14B | $553M |
| 2007 | $7.74B | $693M |
| 2006 | $7.29B | $751M |
| 2005 | $6.9B | $832M |
| 2004 | $6.77B | $829M |
| 2003 | $6.35B | $764M |
| 2002 | $6.04B | $897M |
| 2001 | $5.75B | $1.08B |
| 2000 | $5.23B | $1.7B |
| 1999 | $5.16B | $1.88B |
| 1998 | $4.84B | $1.19B |
| 1997 | $4.06B | $555M |
| 1996 | $6.31B | $302M |
| 1995 | $4.07B | $259M |
| 1994 | $3.49B | $307M |
| 1993 | $3.34B | $334M |
| 1992 | $2.59B | $302M |
| 1991 | $2.27B | $510M |
| 1990 | $2.29B | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $2.19B | $1.08B |
| 1988 | $2.15B | $912M |
| 1987 | $1.87B | $757M |
| 1986 | $1.74B | $681M |
| 1985 | $1.6B | $600M |
| 1984 | $1.74B | $704M |
| 1983 | $1.53B | $737M |
| 1982 | $1.16B | $694M |
| 1981 | $1.17B | $697M |
| 1980 | $1.24B | $724M |
| 1979 | $1.08B | $582M |
| 1978 | $952M | $435M |
| 1977 | $816M | $377M |
| 1976 | $843M | $417M |
| 1975 | $897M | $524M |
| 1974 | $797M | $334M |
| 1973 | $803M | $238M |
| 1972 | $883M | $241M |
| 1971 | $1.42B | $216M |
| 1970 | $900M | $208M |
| 1969 | $731M | $228M |
| 1968 | $789M | $233M |
| 1967 | $955M | $249M |
| 1966 | $931M | $295M |
| 1965 | $905M | $287M |
| 1964 | $858M | – |
| 1963 | $899M | – |
| 1962 | $787M | – |
| 1961 | $507M | – |
| 1960 | $424M | – |
| 1959 | $386M | – |
| 1958 | $469M | – |
- 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
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 spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP 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