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Ethiopia
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#131out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

10.37.95.43.00.6196119932024Ethiopia · 2024: 0.65%Ethiopia

Analytical takeaways

  • Ethiopia records 0.65% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #131 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) declined from 1.86% in 1961 to 0.65% in 2024, a decrease of 1.21%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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