Ethiopia vs Japan
Ethiopia vs Japan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $4 in Ethiopia and $504 in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by $500, or 130 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 145 and Japan ranked 44 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4 | $504 |
| 2024 | $5 | $437 |
| 2023 | $10 | $386 |
| 2022 | $8 | $344 |
| 2021 | $4 | $425 |
| 2020 | $4 | $406 |
| 2019 | $5 | $400 |
| 2018 | $5 | $382 |
| 2017 | $5 | $354 |
| 2016 | $5 | $366 |
| 2015 | $4 | $331 |
| 2014 | $4 | $368 |
| 2013 | $4 | $384 |
| 2012 | $4 | $469 |
| 2011 | $4 | $474 |
| 2010 | $3 | $426 |
| 2009 | $4 | $402 |
| 2008 | $5 | $362 |
| 2007 | $4 | $317 |
| 2006 | $4 | $325 |
| 2005 | $4 | $346 |
| 2004 | $4 | $355 |
| 2003 | $4 | $333 |
| 2002 | $4 | $309 |
| 2001 | $5 | $321 |
| 2000 | $9 | $359 |
| 1999 | $11 | $340 |
| 1998 | $7 | $299 |
| 1997 | $4 | $322 |
| 1996 | $2 | $350 |
| 1995 | $2 | $398 |
| 1994 | $3 | $362 |
| 1993 | $3 | $332 |
| 1992 | $5 | $290 |
| 1991 | $11 | $265 |
| 1990 | $17 | $234 |
| 1989 | $17 | $228 |
| 1988 | $14 | $231 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 Japan
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025