Ethiopia vs Indonesia

Ethiopia vs Indonesia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia and 1.05% of GDP in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 0.55 percentage points, or 2.12 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Indonesia: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia and 1.05% of GDP in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 0.55 percentage points, or 2.12 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaIndonesiaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Indonesia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 140 and Indonesia ranked 108 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaIndonesia
20250.491.05
20240.490.86
20230.770.82
20220.860.77
20210.440.74
20200.470.89
20190.560.73
20180.630.72
20170.680.87
20160.680.79
20150.670.88
20140.730.78
20130.810.92
20120.870.71
20111.060.65
20101.110.62
20091.210.57
20081.530.58
20071.910.71
20062.310.66
20052.810.75
20043.130.95
20033.30.91
20023.760.7
20014.390.57
20007.690.68
19999.510.81
19987.281.02
19973.341.5
19962.121.26
19952.231.23
19942.871.27
19933.071.22
19923.441.36
19915.711.32
19909.661.41
198910.281.39
19888.51.53
19876.861.72
19866.72.01
19856.822.17
19847.972.29
19837.182.4
19827.542.9
19817.542.89
19808.712.92
19796.893.02
19784.813.16
19773.973.21
19764.133.42
19754.493.49
19742.82.71
19731.93–
19721.94–
19711.91–
19701.88–
19692.02–
19682.2–
19672.49–
19663.11–
19653.23–
19642.92–
19632.43–
19621.93–
19611.86–
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

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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