Egypt vs Ethiopia
Egypt vs Ethiopia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $2.26B in Egypt and $785M in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by $1.47B, or 2.88 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
- In 2025, Egypt ranked 62 and Ethiopia ranked 85 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.26B | $785M |
| 2024 | $2.4B | $700M |
| 2023 | $2.75B | $982M |
| 2022 | $3.38B | $1.01B |
| 2021 | $3.5B | $492M |
| 2020 | $3.24B | $510M |
| 2019 | $3B | $585M |
| 2018 | $2.89B | $628M |
| 2017 | $2.94B | $636M |
| 2016 | $3.49B | $610M |
| 2015 | $3.7B | $531M |
| 2014 | $3.49B | $515M |
| 2013 | $3.2B | $497M |
| 2012 | $3.22B | $496M |
| 2011 | $3.31B | $515M |
| 2010 | $3.41B | $528M |
| 2009 | $3.41B | $544M |
| 2008 | $3.52B | $553M |
| 2007 | $3.78B | $693M |
| 2006 | $3.75B | $751M |
| 2005 | $3.66B | $832M |
| 2004 | $3.67B | $829M |
| 2003 | $3.88B | $764M |
| 2002 | $3.8B | $897M |
| 2001 | $3.36B | $1.08B |
| 2000 | $2.79B | $1.7B |
| 1999 | $2.61B | $1.88B |
| 1998 | $2.6B | $1.19B |
| 1997 | $2.58B | $555M |
| 1996 | $2.52B | $302M |
| 1995 | $2.49B | $259M |
| 1994 | $2.53B | $307M |
| 1993 | $2.41B | $334M |
| 1992 | $2.49B | $302M |
| 1991 | $2.54B | $510M |
| 1990 | $2.52B | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $2.56B | $1.08B |
| 1988 | $3.18B | $912M |
| 1987 | $4.03B | $757M |
| 1986 | $4.75B | $681M |
| 1985 | $5.23B | $600M |
| 1984 | $5.22B | $704M |
| 1983 | $4.9B | $737M |
| 1982 | $4.37B | $694M |
| 1981 | $3.95B | $697M |
| 1980 | $3.27B | $724M |
| 1979 | $3.34B | $582M |
| 1978 | $4.43B | $435M |
| 1977 | $5.44B | $377M |
| 1976 | $4.91B | $417M |
| 1975 | $4.74B | $524M |
| 1974 | $5B | $334M |
| 1973 | $3.76B | $238M |
| 1972 | $3.7B | $241M |
| 1971 | $4.48B | $216M |
| 1970 | $3.99B | $208M |
| 1969 | $3.37B | $228M |
| 1968 | $2.54B | $233M |
| 1967 | $1.96B | $249M |
| 1966 | $1.87B | $295M |
| 1965 | $2.18B | $287M |
| 1964 | $2.18B | – |
| 1963 | $1.69B | – |
| 1962 | $1.18B | – |
- 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
Egypt vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ethiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997