Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Ethiopia

Government consumption in US dollars in Ethiopia in 2025 — 7,378,597,669 US$. Ranked 77 in the world out of 132. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 123.8%.

2025 7.38B US$ −10.66% vs 2024
World rank 77of 132
Period maximum 11.83B US$2017
Period minimum 3.3B US$2011

Trend over time

2011–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Ethiopia, 2011–202505B10B15B201120132015201720192021202320252011: 3,296,964,721 US$2012: 3,595,737,827 US$2013: 4,267,128,870 US$2014: 5,143,904,127 US$2015: 5,597,870,813 US$2016: 7,568,391,681 US$2017: 11,831,498,304 US$2018: 8,542,149,860 US$2019: 8,452,828,811 US$2020: 9,008,674,895 US$2021: 9,637,319,095 US$2022: 9,065,262,657 US$2023: 8,584,215,259 US$2024: 8,259,212,198 US$2025: 7,378,597,669 US$
Change over the period: +4.08B (+123.8%) Average annual rate: 5.92 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ethiopia

Ethiopia 7.38B US$
Eastern Africa computed 56.51B US$
Low-income countries computed 70.79B US$
Government consumption in US dollars — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 7.38B −881M −10.66%
2024 8.26B −325M −3.79%
2023 8.58B −481M −5.31%
2022 9.07B −572M −5.94%
2021 9.64B +629M +6.98%
2020 9.01B +556M +6.58%
2019 8.45B −89.32M −1.05%
2018 8.54B −3.29B −27.8%
2017 11.83B +4.26B +56.33%
2016 7.57B +1.97B +35.2%
2015 5.6B +454M +8.83%
2014 5.14B +877M +20.55%
2013 4.27B +671M +18.67%
2012 3.6B +299M +9.06%
2011 3.3B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.