Ethiopia vs Türkiye
Ethiopia vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports: 17 million TIV in Ethiopia in 1997 and 539 million TIV in Türkiye in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 17 million TIV.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia 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 | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 17 million | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 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 | – | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 23 million | 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 Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025