Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Ethiopia's military expenditure stands at 0.4937% as of 2025-12-31, up from 0.4923% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Ethiopia's military expenditure was 0.4937%, up from 0.4923% in 2024.
In 2024, Ethiopia's military expenditure was 0.4923%, down from 0.7681% in 2023.
In 2023, Ethiopia's military expenditure was 0.7681%, down from 0.8608% in 2022.
In 2022, Ethiopia's military expenditure was 0.8608%, up from 0.4434% in 2021.
In 2021, Ethiopia's military expenditure was 0.4434%, down from 0.4667% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.4937% | +0.0014% |
| 2024 | 0.4923% | -0.2758% |
| 2023 | 0.7681% | -0.0927% |
| 2022 | 0.8608% | +0.4174% |
| 2021 | 0.4434% | -0.0233% |
| 2020 | 0.4667% | -0.0908% |
| 2019 | 0.5575% | -0.0746% |
| 2018 | 0.6321% | -0.0432% |
| 2017 | 0.6753% | -0.0083% |
| 2016 | 0.6836% | +0.0095% |
| 2015 | 0.6741% | -0.0559% |
| 2014 | 0.73% | -0.0768% |
| 2013 | 0.8068% | -0.0629% |
| 2012 | 0.8698% | -0.1883% |
| 2011 | 1.06% | -0.0497% |
| 2010 | 1.11% | -0.0968% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -0.3208% |
| 2008 | 1.53% | -0.3847% |
| 2007 | 1.91% | -0.3971% |
| 2006 | 2.31% | -0.5051% |
| 2005 | 2.81% | -0.3183% |
| 2004 | 3.13% | -0.1658% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | -0.4604% |
| 2002 | 3.76% | -0.6359% |
| 2001 | 4.39% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 7.69% | -1.82% |
| 1999 | 9.51% | +2.23% |
| 1998 | 7.28% | +3.93% |
| 1997 | 3.34% | +1.23% |
| 1996 | 2.12% | -0.1085% |
| 1995 | 2.23% | -0.6428% |
| 1994 | 2.87% | -0.2032% |
| 1993 | 3.07% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 3.44% | -2.26% |
| 1991 | 5.71% | -3.95% |
| 1990 | 9.66% | -0.6187% |
| 1989 | 10.28% | +1.78% |
| 1988 | 8.5% | +1.65% |
| 1987 | 6.86% | +0.1584% |
| 1986 | 6.7% | -0.1267% |
| 1985 | 6.82% | -1.15% |
| 1984 | 7.97% | +0.7895% |
| 1983 | 7.18% | -0.3594% |
| 1982 | 7.54% | +0.0021% |
| 1981 | 7.54% | -1.17% |
| 1980 | 8.71% | +1.82% |
| 1979 | 6.89% | +2.08% |
| 1978 | 4.81% | +0.8431% |
| 1977 | 3.97% | -0.1639% |
| 1976 | 4.13% | -0.3603% |
| 1975 | 4.49% | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 2.79% | +0.869% |
| 1973 | 1.93% | -0.0109% |
| 1972 | 1.94% | +0.0303% |
| 1971 | 1.91% | +0.023% |
| 1970 | 1.88% | -0.1376% |
| 1969 | 2.02% | -0.175% |
| 1968 | 2.2% | -0.2906% |
| 1967 | 2.49% | -0.621% |
| 1966 | 3.11% | -0.1227% |
| 1965 | 3.23% | +0.3084% |
| 1964 | 2.92% | +0.4932% |
| 1963 | 2.43% | +0.4962% |
| 1962 | 1.93% | +0.0763% |
| 1961 | 1.86% | — |
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Ethiopia's military expenditure is 0.4937% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 0.4923% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 10.28% (1989); the lowest is 0.4434% (2021), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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