Ethiopia vs United States: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $785M in Ethiopia and $929B in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by $928B, or 1,200 times that in Ethiopia.
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Watch it change on the mapUS dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | $785M 2025 | $531M | 85 of 151 |
| United States | $929B 2025 | $839B | 1 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1965.
- In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 85 and United States ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $785M | $929B |
| 2024 | $700M | $1.01T |
| 2023 | $982M | $943B |
| 2022 | $1.01B | $923B |
| 2021 | $492M | $933B |
| 2020 | $510M | $943B |
| 2019 | $585M | $901B |
| 2018 | $628M | $853B |
| 2017 | $636M | $828B |
| 2016 | $610M | $836B |
| 2015 | $531M | $839B |
| 2014 | $515M | $858B |
| 2013 | $497M | $915B |
| 2012 | $496M | $991B |
| 2011 | $515M | $1.05T |
| 2010 | $528M | $1.06T |
| 2009 | $544M | $1.03T |
| 2008 | $553M | $957B |
| 2007 | $693M | $892B |
| 2006 | $751M | $869B |
| 2005 | $832M | $857B |
| 2004 | $829M | $819B |
| 2003 | $764M | $751B |
| 2002 | $897M | $660B |
| 2001 | $1.08B | $588B |
| 2000 | $1.7B | $583B |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $561B |
| 1998 | $1.19B | $560B |
| 1997 | $555M | $573B |
| 1996 | $302M | $576B |
| 1995 | $259M | $609B |
| 1994 | $307M | $652B |
| 1993 | $334M | $688B |
| 1992 | $302M | $727B |
| 1991 | $510M | $690B |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $781B |
| 1989 | $1.08B | $815B |
| 1988 | $912M | $821B |
| 1987 | $757M | $839B |
| 1986 | $681M | $846B |
| 1985 | $600M | $793B |
| 1984 | $704M | $740B |
| 1983 | $737M | $704B |
| 1982 | $694M | $721B |
| 1981 | $697M | $609B |
| 1980 | $724M | $547B |
| 1979 | $582M | $548B |
| 1978 | $435M | $545B |
| 1977 | $377M | $542B |
| 1976 | $417M | $522B |
| 1975 | $524M | $537B |
| 1974 | $334M | $568B |
| 1973 | $238M | $575B |
| 1972 | $241M | $605B |
| 1971 | $216M | $606B |
| 1970 | $208M | $674B |
| 1969 | $228M | $727B |
| 1968 | $233M | $761B |
| 1967 | $249M | $737B |
| 1966 | $295M | $642B |
| 1965 | $287M | $543B |
| 1964 | – | $540B |
| 1963 | – | $559B |
| 1962 | – | $567B |
| 1961 | – | $523B |
| 1960 | – | $502B |
| 1959 | – | $515B |
| 1958 | – | $511B |
| 1957 | – | $514B |
| 1956 | – | $500B |
| 1955 | – | $493B |
| 1954 | – | $521B |
| 1953 | – | $604B |
| 1952 | – | $587B |
| 1951 | – | $416B |
| 1950 | – | $195B |
| 1949 | – | $181B |
- 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.
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