Ethiopia
Military spending in US dollars in Ethiopia
Military spending in US dollars in Ethiopia: $287M in 1965 and $785M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $785M
- Since 1965
- +$498M
- Rank, 2025
- 85 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.88B in 1999, the lowest $208M in 1970.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $785M |
| 2024 | $700M |
| 2023 | $982M |
| 2022 | $1.01B |
| 2021 | $492M |
| 2020 | $510M |
| 2019 | $585M |
| 2018 | $628M |
| 2017 | $636M |
| 2016 | $610M |
| 2015 | $531M |
| 2014 | $515M |
| 2013 | $497M |
| 2012 | $496M |
| 2011 | $515M |
| 2010 | $528M |
| 2009 | $544M |
| 2008 | $553M |
| 2007 | $693M |
| 2006 | $751M |
| 2005 | $832M |
| 2004 | $829M |
| 2003 | $764M |
| 2002 | $897M |
| 2001 | $1.08B |
| 2000 | $1.7B |
| 1999 | $1.88B |
| 1998 | $1.19B |
| 1997 | $555M |
| 1996 | $302M |
| 1995 | $259M |
| 1994 | $307M |
| 1993 | $334M |
| 1992 | $302M |
| 1991 | $510M |
| 1990 | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $1.08B |
| 1988 | $912M |
| 1987 | $757M |
| 1986 | $681M |
| 1985 | $600M |
| 1984 | $704M |
| 1983 | $737M |
| 1982 | $694M |
| 1981 | $697M |
| 1980 | $724M |
| 1979 | $582M |
| 1978 | $435M |
| 1977 | $377M |
| 1976 | $417M |
| 1975 | $524M |
| 1974 | $334M |
| 1973 | $238M |
| 1972 | $241M |
| 1971 | $216M |
| 1970 | $208M |
| 1969 | $228M |
| 1968 | $233M |
| 1967 | $249M |
| 1966 | $295M |
| 1965 | $287M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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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- Military spending0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel138,000 people in 2020
- National power0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports17 million TIV in 1997