Ethiopia vs Thailand: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia and 1.04% of GDP in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.54 percentage points, or 2.1 times that in Ethiopia.
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Watch it change on the mapChange since 1961, percentage points · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 0.49 2025 | 0.67 | 140 of 151 |
| Thailand | 1.04 2025 | 1.34 | 109 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Ethiopia.
- In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 140 and Thailand ranked 109 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.49 | 1.04 |
| 2024 | 0.49 | 1.05 |
| 2023 | 0.77 | 1.13 |
| 2022 | 0.86 | 1.24 |
| 2021 | 0.44 | 1.42 |
| 2020 | 0.47 | 1.46 |
| 2019 | 0.56 | 1.33 |
| 2018 | 0.63 | 1.33 |
| 2017 | 0.68 | 1.34 |
| 2016 | 0.68 | 1.33 |
| 2015 | 0.67 | 1.34 |
| 2014 | 0.73 | 1.38 |
| 2013 | 0.81 | 1.35 |
| 2012 | 0.87 | 1.39 |
| 2011 | 1.06 | 1.39 |
| 2010 | 1.11 | 1.52 |
| 2009 | 1.21 | 1.54 |
| 2008 | 1.53 | 1.25 |
| 2007 | 1.91 | 1.02 |
| 2006 | 2.31 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 2.81 | 0.99 |
| 2004 | 3.13 | 1.13 |
| 2003 | 3.3 | 1.23 |
| 2002 | 3.76 | 1.33 |
| 2001 | 4.39 | 1.43 |
| 2000 | 7.69 | 1.49 |
| 1999 | 9.51 | 1.62 |
| 1998 | 7.28 | 1.86 |
| 1997 | 3.34 | 2.17 |
| 1996 | 2.12 | 2.15 |
| 1995 | 2.23 | 2.27 |
| 1994 | 2.87 | 2.5 |
| 1993 | 3.07 | 2.53 |
| 1992 | 3.44 | 2.66 |
| 1991 | 5.71 | 2.65 |
| 1990 | 9.66 | 2.59 |
| 1989 | 10.28 | 2.69 |
| 1988 | 8.5 | 2.93 |
| 1987 | 6.86 | 3.36 |
| 1986 | 6.7 | 3.8 |
| 1985 | 6.82 | 4.19 |
| 1984 | 7.97 | 4.06 |
| 1983 | 7.18 | 3.95 |
| 1982 | 7.54 | 4.12 |
| 1981 | 7.54 | 4.06 |
| 1980 | 8.71 | 4.24 |
| 1979 | 6.89 | 4.38 |
| 1978 | 4.81 | 3.92 |
| 1977 | 3.97 | 3.48 |
| 1976 | 4.13 | 3.13 |
| 1975 | 4.49 | 2.8 |
| 1974 | 2.8 | 2.66 |
| 1973 | 1.93 | 2.88 |
| 1972 | 1.94 | 3.47 |
| 1971 | 1.91 | 3.56 |
| 1970 | 1.88 | 3.07 |
| 1969 | 2.02 | 2.99 |
| 1968 | 2.2 | 2.76 |
| 1967 | 2.49 | 2.43 |
| 1966 | 3.11 | 2.17 |
| 1965 | 3.23 | 2.33 |
| 1964 | 2.92 | 2.43 |
| 1963 | 2.43 | 2.62 |
| 1962 | 1.93 | 2.63 |
| 1961 | 1.86 | 2.1 |
| 1960 | – | 2.47 |
| 1959 | – | 3.02 |
| 1958 | – | 3.25 |
| 1957 | – | 3.58 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.
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