Djibouti vs Ethiopia

Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Military spending

Military spending: 2.63% of GDP in Djibouti in 2008 and 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.72 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Military spendingMilitary spending: 2.63% of GDP in Djibouti in 2008 and 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.72 times that in Ethiopia.
DjiboutiEthiopiaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Djibouti has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Ethiopia.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearDjiboutiEthiopia
2025–0.49
2024–0.49
2023–0.77
2022–0.86
2021–0.44
2020–0.47
2019–0.56
2018–0.63
2017–0.68
2016–0.68
2015–0.67
2014–0.73
2013–0.81
2012–0.87
2011–1.06
2010–1.11
2009–1.21
20082.631.53
20072.91.91
20064.592.31
20054.512.81
20045.613.13
2003–3.3
2002–3.76
2001–4.39
20005.077.69
19995.489.51
19985.657.28
19975.483.34
19965.082.12
19955.792.23
19945.762.87
19936.163.07
19926.763.44
19916.655.71
1990–9.66
1989–10.28
1988–8.5
1987–6.86
1986–6.7
1985–6.82
1984–7.97
19837.667.18
19827.497.54
19811.427.54
19800.548.71
19790.026.89
19780.024.81
1977–3.97
1976–4.13
1975–4.49
1974–2.8
1973–1.93
1972–1.94
1971–1.91
1970–1.88
1969–2.02
1968–2.2
1967–2.49
1966–3.11
1965–3.23
1964–2.92
1963–2.43
1962–1.93
1961–1.86
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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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.

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