Ethiopia vs Mozambique
Ethiopia vs Mozambique: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 14 million TIV in Mozambique, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 49 million TIV, or 4.5 times that in Mozambique.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Mozambique.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 million | 14 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 48 million | 1 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2 million | 3 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 45 million | 5 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 16 million | 19 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 25 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 76 million | 22 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 14 million | 3 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 51 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 55 million | 46 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 5 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 33 million | 16 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 154 million | 9 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 193 million | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 76 million | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 58 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 239 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 174 million | 1 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 20 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 114 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 152 million | 2 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 208 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 69 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 80 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 2 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 47 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 155 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 239 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 348 million | 6 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 268 million | 73 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 228 million | 94 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 403 million | 59 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 516 million | 64 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 328 million | 60 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 330 million | 52 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 113 million | 111 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 965 million | 494 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.13 billion | 152 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 113 million | 34 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 58 million | 28 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 36 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 5 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 53 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 54 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 90 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 24 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 34 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 31 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 99 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 14 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 4 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 27 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 21 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 4 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 24 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ethiopia vs Mozambique
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Mozambique: 63.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Mozambique: 3.9% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Mozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Mozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Mozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Mozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Mozambique: 37.2% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Mozambique: 16.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Mozambique: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Mozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Mozambique: $446M in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Mozambique: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Mozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Mozambique: 11,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Mozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Mozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Mozambique: 1 million TIV in 1977