Ethiopia

Military spending per person in Ethiopia

Military spending per person in Ethiopia: $14 in 1988 and $4 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$4
Since 1988
−$10
Rank, 2025
145 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in EthiopiaMilitary spending per person in Ethiopia: $14 in 1988 and $4 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $17 in 1989, the lowest $2 in 1996.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $17 in 1989, the lowest $2 in 1996.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearEthiopia
2025$4
2024$5
2023$10
2022$8
2021$4
2020$4
2019$5
2018$5
2017$5
2016$5
2015$4
2014$4
2013$4
2012$4
2011$4
2010$3
2009$4
2008$5
2007$4
2006$4
2005$4
2004$4
2003$4
2002$4
2001$5
2000$9
1999$11
1998$7
1997$4
1996$2
1995$2
1994$3
1993$3
1992$5
1991$11
1990$17
1989$17
1988$14
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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.

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