Ethiopia vs Spain
Ethiopia vs Spain: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $785M in Ethiopia and $37.7B in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by $36.9B, or 48 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
- In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 85 and Spain ranked 15 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $785M | $37.7B |
| 2024 | $700M | $25.2B |
| 2023 | $982M | $25.6B |
| 2022 | $1.01B | $22.7B |
| 2021 | $492M | $21.1B |
| 2020 | $510M | $19.7B |
| 2019 | $585M | $19.7B |
| 2018 | $628M | $19.5B |
| 2017 | $636M | $18.8B |
| 2016 | $610M | $17B |
| 2015 | $531M | $18.3B |
| 2014 | $515M | $17.2B |
| 2013 | $497M | $17.2B |
| 2012 | $496M | $19.8B |
| 2011 | $515M | $19.5B |
| 2010 | $528M | $21.2B |
| 2009 | $544M | $21.1B |
| 2008 | $553M | $21.9B |
| 2007 | $693M | $22.1B |
| 2006 | $751M | $21.3B |
| 2005 | $832M | $20.6B |
| 2004 | $829M | $20.3B |
| 2003 | $764M | $19.5B |
| 2002 | $897M | $19.2B |
| 2001 | $1.08B | $20.7B |
| 2000 | $1.7B | $20.9B |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $20.2B |
| 1998 | $1.19B | $18.4B |
| 1997 | $555M | $17.5B |
| 1996 | $302M | $17.7B |
| 1995 | $259M | $18.3B |
| 1994 | $307M | $18.2B |
| 1993 | $334M | $18B |
| 1992 | $302M | $18.4B |
| 1991 | $510M | $18.9B |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $19.7B |
| 1989 | $1.08B | $19.4B |
| 1988 | $912M | $19.5B |
| 1987 | $757M | $19.3B |
| 1986 | $681M | $18.2B |
| 1985 | $600M | $19.5B |
| 1984 | $704M | $19.2B |
| 1983 | $737M | $18.7B |
| 1982 | $694M | $16.7B |
| 1981 | $697M | $16.1B |
| 1980 | $724M | $15.9B |
| 1979 | $582M | $15.3B |
| 1978 | $435M | $14.3B |
| 1977 | $377M | $13.7B |
| 1976 | $417M | $13.5B |
| 1975 | $524M | $11.4B |
| 1974 | $334M | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $238M | $11.3B |
| 1972 | $241M | $11.5B |
| 1971 | $216M | $9.62B |
| 1970 | $208M | $10B |
| 1969 | $228M | $9.93B |
| 1968 | $233M | $8.41B |
| 1967 | $249M | $6.35B |
| 1966 | $295M | $6.76B |
| 1965 | $287M | $5.62B |
| 1964 | – | $5.6B |
| 1963 | – | $4.9B |
| 1962 | – | $5.2B |
| 1961 | – | $4.26B |
| 1960 | – | $4.23B |
| 1959 | – | $3.52B |
| 1958 | – | $3.7B |
| 1957 | – | $4.21B |
| 1956 | – | $4.03B |
| 1955 | – | $3.8B |
| 1954 | – | $3.51B |
| 1953 | – | $3.49B |
| 1952 | – | $3.56B |
| 1951 | – | $2.81B |
| 1950 | – | $2.97B |
| 1949 | – | $3.17B |
- 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025