Djibouti vs Ethiopia
Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $51.7M in Djibouti in 2008 and $785M in Ethiopia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by $502M, or 11 times that in Djibouti.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Djibouti | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $785M |
| 2024 | – | $700M |
| 2023 | – | $982M |
| 2022 | – | $1.01B |
| 2021 | – | $492M |
| 2020 | – | $510M |
| 2019 | – | $585M |
| 2018 | – | $628M |
| 2017 | – | $636M |
| 2016 | – | $610M |
| 2015 | – | $531M |
| 2014 | – | $515M |
| 2013 | – | $497M |
| 2012 | – | $496M |
| 2011 | – | $515M |
| 2010 | – | $528M |
| 2009 | – | $544M |
| 2008 | $51.7M | $553M |
| 2007 | $55.1M | $693M |
| 2006 | $83M | $751M |
| 2005 | $77.8M | $832M |
| 2004 | $66.8M | $829M |
| 2003 | $77M | $764M |
| 2002 | $62.5M | $897M |
| 2001 | $49.3M | $1.08B |
| 2000 | $50.1M | $1.7B |
| 1999 | $52.6M | $1.88B |
| 1998 | $52.2M | $1.19B |
| 1997 | $53.1M | $555M |
| 1996 | $50.3M | $302M |
| 1995 | $62.8M | $259M |
| 1994 | $68.3M | $307M |
| 1993 | $71.1M | $334M |
| 1992 | $78.8M | $302M |
| 1991 | $77.3M | $510M |
| 1990 | $79.5M | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $82.6M | $1.08B |
| 1988 | $83.9M | $912M |
| 1987 | $93.2M | $757M |
| 1986 | $97.1M | $681M |
| 1985 | $103M | $600M |
| 1984 | $105M | $704M |
| 1983 | $108M | $737M |
| 1982 | $105M | $694M |
| 1981 | $19.2M | $697M |
| 1980 | $6.63M | $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
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 per personDjibouti: $41 in 2008Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDjibouti: 9.1% of government spending in 2008Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending 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