Ethiopia vs Sweden
Ethiopia vs Sweden: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $785M in Ethiopia and $15B in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $14.2B, or 19 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
- In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 85 and Sweden ranked 26 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $785M | $15B |
| 2024 | $700M | $12.1B |
| 2023 | $982M | $9.07B |
| 2022 | $1.01B | $8.25B |
| 2021 | $492M | $7.44B |
| 2020 | $510M | $6.75B |
| 2019 | $585M | $6.49B |
| 2018 | $628M | $5.96B |
| 2017 | $636M | $5.77B |
| 2016 | $610M | $5.77B |
| 2015 | $531M | $5.7B |
| 2014 | $515M | $5.64B |
| 2013 | $497M | $5.32B |
| 2012 | $496M | $5.29B |
| 2011 | $515M | $5.18B |
| 2010 | $528M | $5.51B |
| 2009 | $544M | $5.09B |
| 2008 | $553M | $5.19B |
| 2007 | $693M | $5.84B |
| 2006 | $751M | $5.69B |
| 2005 | $832M | $5.78B |
| 2004 | $829M | $5.7B |
| 2003 | $764M | $6.06B |
| 2002 | $897M | $6.11B |
| 2001 | $1.08B | $6.27B |
| 2000 | $1.7B | $6.61B |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $6.47B |
| 1998 | $1.19B | $6.23B |
| 1997 | $555M | $6.05B |
| 1996 | $302M | $6.38B |
| 1995 | $259M | $6.3B |
| 1994 | $307M | $6.28B |
| 1993 | $334M | $6.3B |
| 1992 | $302M | $6.32B |
| 1991 | $510M | $6.5B |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $6.9B |
| 1989 | $1.08B | $6.77B |
| 1988 | $912M | $6.7B |
| 1987 | $757M | $6.66B |
| 1986 | $681M | $6.24B |
| 1985 | $600M | $6.14B |
| 1984 | $704M | $6.05B |
| 1983 | $737M | $5.97B |
| 1982 | $694M | $6.04B |
| 1981 | $697M | $6.19B |
| 1980 | $724M | $6.3B |
| 1979 | $582M | $6.45B |
| 1978 | $435M | $6.21B |
| 1977 | $377M | $6.04B |
| 1976 | $417M | $5.99B |
| 1975 | $524M | $6B |
| 1974 | $334M | $5.85B |
| 1973 | $238M | $5.8B |
| 1972 | $241M | $5.78B |
| 1971 | $216M | $5.61B |
| 1970 | $208M | $5.49B |
| 1969 | $228M | $5.34B |
| 1968 | $233M | $5.07B |
| 1967 | $249M | $5.07B |
| 1966 | $295M | $5.2B |
| 1965 | $287M | $5.15B |
| 1964 | – | $4.86B |
| 1963 | – | $4.62B |
| 1962 | – | $4.33B |
| 1961 | – | $4.03B |
| 1960 | – | $3.84B |
- 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 Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025