Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe

Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 0.07 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.49% of GDP in Ethiopia and 0.56% of GDP in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 0.07 percentage points, or 1.14 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaZimbabweSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Zimbabwe has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 140 and Zimbabwe ranked 136 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaZimbabwe
20250.490.56
20240.490.35
20230.770.21
20220.861
20210.441.57
20200.470.98
20190.560.65
20180.631.18
20170.681.47
20160.681.74
20150.671.89
20140.731.89
20130.811.87
20120.871.86
20111.061.41
20101.110.82
20091.21–
20081.53–
20071.91–
20062.311.99
20052.811.45
20043.132.71
20033.32.04
20023.766.31
20014.392.55
20007.693.05
19999.512.24
19987.282.53
19973.343
19962.122.88
19952.233.18
19942.873.12
19933.073.3
19923.443.8
19915.713.98
19909.664.1
198910.284.93
19888.55.21
19876.865.82
19866.75.5
19856.825.49
19847.975.68
19837.185.56
19827.545.12
19817.544.86
19808.716.63
19796.898.52
19784.817.99
19773.976.54
19764.134.63
19754.493.4
19742.82.98
19731.932.63
19721.942.18
19711.912.29
19701.882.44
19692.022.42
19682.22.07
19672.491.36
19663.111.32
19653.231.19
19642.92–
19632.43–
19621.93–
19611.86–
  • 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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