Djibouti vs Ethiopia
Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 9.1% of government spending in Djibouti in 2008 and 4.1% of government spending in Ethiopia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Ethiopia.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Djibouti has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Ethiopia.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Djibouti | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 4.1 |
| 2024 | – | 5.2 |
| 2023 | – | 7.1 |
| 2022 | – | 6.8 |
| 2021 | – | 3.2 |
| 2020 | – | 3.2 |
| 2019 | – | 3.6 |
| 2018 | – | 3.9 |
| 2017 | – | 3.8 |
| 2016 | – | 3.8 |
| 2015 | – | 3.9 |
| 2014 | – | 4.2 |
| 2013 | – | 4.5 |
| 2012 | – | 5.2 |
| 2011 | – | 5.8 |
| 2010 | – | 5.9 |
| 2009 | – | 6.9 |
| 2008 | 9.1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 10.9 | 9.1 |
| 2006 | 19.2 | 10.3 |
| 2005 | 17.2 | 12.1 |
| 2004 | 15 | 13.3 |
| 2003 | 18.3 | 12 |
| 2002 | 17 | 14.8 |
| 2001 | 15.3 | 19.2 |
| 2000 | 14.4 | 29.5 |
| 1999 | 15 | 36.2 |
| 1998 | 15.4 | 28.8 |
| 1997 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 14.9 | 7.9 |
| 1995 | 15.7 | 9 |
| 1994 | 14.4 | 11.5 |
| 1993 | 13.4 | 15.7 |
| 1992 | 14.4 | 17 |
| 1991 | 17.7 | 22.6 |
| 1990 | 16.2 | 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
Djibouti vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyDjibouti: 66 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDjibouti: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDjibouti: 36.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionDjibouti: 3.61% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateDjibouti: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDjibouti: 1.15 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthDjibouti: 1.38% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDjibouti: 2.61 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDjibouti: 73% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageDjibouti: 24.4 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDjibouti: 4.7% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateDjibouti: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDjibouti: 2.63% of GDP in 2008Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDjibouti: $51.7M in 2008Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personDjibouti: $41 in 2008Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelDjibouti: 13,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerDjibouti: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDjibouti: 5.4% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDjibouti: 0 TIV in 2023Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025