Ethiopia

Military share of state spending in Ethiopia

Military share of state spending in Ethiopia: 26% of government spending in 1988 and 4.1% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
4.1% of government spending
Since 1988
−21.9 percentage points
Rank, 2025
102 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in EthiopiaMilitary share of state spending in Ethiopia: 26% of government spending in 1988 and 4.1% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 36.2% of government spending in 1999, the lowest 3.2% of government spending in 2021.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 36.2% of government spending in 1999, the lowest 3.2% of government spending in 2021.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearEthiopia
20254.1
20245.2
20237.1
20226.8
20213.2
20203.2
20193.6
20183.9
20173.8
20163.8
20153.9
20144.2
20134.5
20125.2
20115.8
20105.9
20096.9
20088
20079.1
200610.3
200512.1
200413.3
200312
200214.8
200119.2
200029.5
199936.2
199828.8
199715.1
19967.9
19959
199411.5
199315.7
199217
199122.6
199030.8
198928.2
198826
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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