Ethiopia vs United Arab Emirates
Ethiopia vs United Arab Emirates: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $4 in Ethiopia in 2025 and $2,840 in United Arab Emirates in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by $2,836, or 720 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4 | – |
| 2024 | $5 | – |
| 2023 | $10 | – |
| 2022 | $8 | – |
| 2021 | $4 | – |
| 2020 | $4 | – |
| 2019 | $5 | – |
| 2018 | $5 | – |
| 2017 | $5 | – |
| 2016 | $5 | – |
| 2015 | $4 | – |
| 2014 | $4 | $2,840 |
| 2013 | $4 | $3,080 |
| 2012 | $4 | $2,590 |
| 2011 | $4 | $2,719 |
| 2010 | $3 | $2,566 |
| 2009 | $4 | $2,099 |
| 2008 | $5 | $1,924 |
| 2007 | $4 | $1,616 |
| 2006 | $4 | $1,498 |
| 2005 | $4 | $1,452 |
| 2004 | $4 | $1,581 |
| 2003 | $4 | $1,432 |
| 2002 | $4 | $1,395 |
| 2001 | $5 | $1,607 |
| 2000 | $9 | $1,739 |
| 1999 | $11 | $1,343 |
| 1998 | $7 | $1,370 |
| 1997 | $4 | $1,232 |
| 1996 | $2 | – |
| 1995 | $2 | – |
| 1994 | $3 | – |
| 1993 | $3 | – |
| 1992 | $5 | – |
| 1991 | $11 | – |
| 1990 | $17 | – |
| 1989 | $17 | – |
| 1988 | $14 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personEthiopia: $945 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthEthiopia: 8.1% a year in 2024United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationEthiopia: 26.6% a year in 2024United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtEthiopia: 33.5% of GDP in 2024United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
- CO₂ per personEthiopia: 0.15 tonnes in 2024United Arab Emirates: 18.26 tonnes in 2024
- Internet usersEthiopia: 21.9% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 100% in 2024
- Access to electricityEthiopia: 56.6% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 100% in 2024
- Forest areaEthiopia: 23.8% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 4.6% in 2024