Ethiopia vs Russia
Ethiopia vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports: 17 million TIV in Ethiopia in 1997 and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Russia, by 3.43 billion TIV, or 200 times that in Ethiopia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
- The world as a whole: 28.9 billion TIV in 1997.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 6.75 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 5.8 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 5.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 7.89 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 8.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 8.79 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 6.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 5.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5.25 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 4.5 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 4.41 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 2.12 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 17 million | 3.45 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 3.64 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 51 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 35 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Russia
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025