Ethiopia vs Italy
Ethiopia vs Italy: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $785M in Ethiopia and $45.4B in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by $44.7B, or 58 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
- In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 85 and Italy ranked 12 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $785M | $45.4B |
| 2024 | $700M | $37.9B |
| 2023 | $982M | $35.9B |
| 2022 | $1.01B | $37B |
| 2021 | $492M | $37B |
| 2020 | $510M | $35.3B |
| 2019 | $585M | $28.6B |
| 2018 | $628M | $30B |
| 2017 | $636M | $29B |
| 2016 | $610M | $28.9B |
| 2015 | $531M | $25.7B |
| 2014 | $515M | $26.8B |
| 2013 | $497M | $29.6B |
| 2012 | $496M | $30.8B |
| 2011 | $515M | $33.3B |
| 2010 | $528M | $34B |
| 2009 | $544M | $35B |
| 2008 | $553M | $36.2B |
| 2007 | $693M | $34.7B |
| 2006 | $751M | $35.8B |
| 2005 | $832M | $37B |
| 2004 | $829M | $38.4B |
| 2003 | $764M | $38.3B |
| 2002 | $897M | $38B |
| 2001 | $1.08B | $37B |
| 2000 | $1.7B | $37.6B |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $35.2B |
| 1998 | $1.19B | $33.9B |
| 1997 | $555M | $32.8B |
| 1996 | $302M | $31.3B |
| 1995 | $259M | $28.4B |
| 1994 | $307M | $31.1B |
| 1993 | $334M | $31.9B |
| 1992 | $302M | $31.7B |
| 1991 | $510M | $32.7B |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $32.2B |
| 1989 | $1.08B | $33.5B |
| 1988 | $912M | $33.2B |
| 1987 | $757M | $31.3B |
| 1986 | $681M | $28.7B |
| 1985 | $600M | $26.9B |
| 1984 | $704M | $27.2B |
| 1983 | $737M | $26.4B |
| 1982 | $694M | $25.9B |
| 1981 | $697M | $23.2B |
| 1980 | $724M | $22B |
| 1979 | $582M | $22.6B |
| 1978 | $435M | $21.2B |
| 1977 | $377M | $20.4B |
| 1976 | $417M | $19B |
| 1975 | $524M | $19.1B |
| 1974 | $334M | $20.5B |
| 1973 | $238M | $20.5B |
| 1972 | $241M | $20.6B |
| 1971 | $216M | $18.5B |
| 1970 | $208M | $16.5B |
| 1969 | $228M | $15.6B |
| 1968 | $233M | $15.8B |
| 1967 | $249M | $15.6B |
| 1966 | $295M | $15.9B |
| 1965 | $287M | $14.8B |
| 1964 | – | $14.3B |
| 1963 | – | $14B |
| 1962 | – | $12.5B |
| 1961 | – | $11.3B |
| 1960 | – | $11B |
| 1959 | – | $10.5B |
| 1958 | – | $10.2B |
| 1957 | – | $9.9B |
| 1956 | – | $9.59B |
| 1955 | – | $9.32B |
| 1954 | – | $9.46B |
| 1953 | – | $8.63B |
| 1952 | – | $9.49B |
| 1951 | – | $8.48B |
| 1950 | – | $7.49B |
| 1949 | – | $6.34B |
- 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
Ethiopia vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025