Ethiopia - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Ethiopia was 461,257,600 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 785,048,300 in 1990 and 15,335,260 in 1960.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another).

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1960 15,335,260
1961 18,555,270
1962 20,185,390
1963 27,289,520
1964 36,140,000
1965 42,900,000
1966 43,420,000
1967 37,000,000
1968 34,660,000
1969 34,420,000
1970 34,540,000
1971 36,134,240
1972 41,043,480
1973 48,433,590
1974 74,758,460
1975 125,072,500
1976 128,043,500
1977 135,048,300
1978 178,212,600
1979 276,328,500
1980 359,323,700
1981 366,980,700
1982 387,367,100
1983 408,405,800
1984 423,019,300
1985 429,444,400
1986 439,202,900
1987 476,618,400
1988 614,855,100
1989 781,521,700
1990 785,048,300
1991 529,033,800
1992 255,343,400
1993 163,850,000
1994 148,691,700
1995 122,460,100
1996 126,454,700
1997 225,417,100
1998 458,549,900
1999 703,704,900
2000 617,541,600
2001 349,808,300
2002 288,932,300
2003 278,673,200
2004 311,038,800
2005 342,066,600
2006 345,687,000
2007 360,140,300
2008 388,187,600
2009 339,627,800
2010 303,617,000
2011 332,441,800
2012 366,539,000
2013 345,064,200
2014 414,476,000
2015 442,532,600
2016 490,177,200
2017 499,795,500
2018 512,029,100
2019 544,839,400
2020 461,257,600

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Ethiopia was 15,863,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,863,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 38,100,000 in 1960.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

Year Value
1960 38,100,000
1961 46,100,000
1962 50,150,000
1963 67,800,000
1964 90,350,000
1965 107,250,000
1966 108,550,000
1967 92,500,000
1968 86,650,000
1969 86,050,000
1970 86,350,000
1971 90,100,000
1972 94,400,000
1973 101,650,000
1974 154,750,000
1975 258,900,000
1976 265,050,000
1977 279,550,000
1978 368,900,000
1979 572,000,000
1980 743,800,000
1981 759,650,000
1982 801,850,000
1983 845,400,000
1984 875,650,000
1985 888,950,000
1986 909,150,000
1987 986,600,000
1988 1,272,750,000
1989 1,617,750,000
1990 1,625,050,000
1991 1,095,100,000
1992 715,600,000
1993 819,250,000
1994 812,600,000
1995 754,150,000
1996 803,200,000
1997 1,512,400,000
1998 3,263,000,000
1999 5,589,000,000
2000 5,074,500,000
2001 2,958,500,000
2002 2,475,500,000
2003 2,396,500,000
2004 2,686,000,000
2005 2,964,500,000
2006 3,007,000,000
2007 3,229,000,000
2008 3,726,500,000
2009 4,000,000,000
2010 4,375,000,000
2011 5,618,000,000
2012 6,489,500,000
2013 6,991,000,000
2014 8,151,500,000
2015 9,156,000,000
2016 10,719,000,000
2017 12,039,000,000
2018 14,073,500,000
2019 15,863,000,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Ethiopia was 0.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 10.28 in 1989, while its lowest value was 0.48 in 2020.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1961 1.86
1962 1.93
1963 2.43
1964 2.92
1965 3.23
1966 3.11
1967 2.49
1968 2.20
1969 2.02
1970 1.88
1971 1.91
1972 1.94
1973 1.93
1974 2.79
1975 4.49
1976 4.13
1977 3.97
1978 4.81
1979 6.89
1980 8.71
1981 7.54
1982 7.54
1983 7.18
1984 7.97
1985 6.82
1986 6.70
1987 6.86
1988 8.50
1989 10.28
1990 9.66
1991 5.71
1992 3.44
1993 3.07
1994 2.87
1995 2.23
1996 2.12
1997 3.34
1998 7.28
1999 9.51
2000 7.61
2001 4.35
2002 3.72
2003 3.24
2004 3.07
2005 2.76
2006 2.27
2007 1.86
2008 1.49
2009 1.18
2010 1.13
2011 1.09
2012 0.87
2013 0.81
2014 0.77
2015 0.71
2016 0.70
2017 0.67
2018 0.64
2019 0.59
2020 0.48

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Ethiopia was 3.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 36.17 in 1999, while its lowest value was 3.21 in 2020.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1988 26.01
1989 28.22
1990 30.77
1991 22.58
1992 17.02
1993 15.70
1994 11.45
1995 9.01
1996 7.88
1997 15.10
1998 28.80
1999 36.17
2000 29.53
2001 19.23
2002 14.84
2003 11.98
2004 13.27
2005 12.06
2006 10.27
2007 9.08
2008 7.94
2009 6.92
2010 6.13
2011 5.98
2012 5.22
2013 4.54
2014 4.40
2015 4.07
2016 3.82
2017 3.65
2018 3.97
2019 3.84
2020 3.21

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade