Ethiopia

Sub-Saharan Africa · Addis Ababa

Rank #47 of 173

51.5Strength score

Photos

Soldiers of the Ethiopian government army with Ethiopian flag — Soldiers of the Ethiopian government army with Ethiopian flagUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Emperor Haile Selassie I saluting the Soviet, American, British and French ships present at the annual Ethiopian Navy Day — Emperor Haile Selassie I saluting the Soviet, American, British and French ships present at the annual Ethiopian Navy DayUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Somali Air Force helicopter tail — Somali Air Force helicopter tailSomali National Television · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance73
Air power46
Manpower88
Land forces73
Naval power0
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $528M #109
Budget as % of GDP: 0.49% #154
Spending per person: $4 #160
GDP: $126.4B #65
Population: 135,472,051 #10

Manpower

Active personnel: 503,000 #9
Reserve personnel: 0
Paramilitary: 0
Total personnel: 503,000 #19

Land forces

Tanks: 410 #23
Armoured vehicles: 254 #32
Self-propelled artillery: 142 #23
Towed artillery: 887 #11
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 79 #23

Air power

Total aircraft: 111 #46
Fighter jets: 33 #40
Attack aircraft & bombers: 1 #21
Transport aircraft: 12 #43
Helicopters: 31 #47
Attack helicopters: 6 #23

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 0
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 0
Destroyers: 0
Frigates: 0
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 0

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS
89Mali29.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance personnel via Wikipedia; equipment GlobalMilitary.net 2026 inventory · Year 2026 · ↗