Angola vs Zambia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 84 million TIV in Angola in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Angola, by 15 million TIV, or 16 times that in Zambia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Angola has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Zambia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Angola	Zambia	World
2025	84 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	16 million	1 million	30.6 billion
2023	15 million	5 million	29.5 billion
2022	46 million	2 million	33 billion
2021	–	20 million	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	170 million	43 million	26.9 billion
2018	274 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	113 million	46 million	31.2 billion
2016	156 million	44 million	31.4 billion
2015	49 million	15 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	–	27 billion
2013	31 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	–	61 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	1 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	–	25.8 billion
2009	20 million	–	24 billion
2008	29 million	2 million	24.1 billion
2007	35 million	5 million	26.5 billion
2006	7 million	30 million	24.4 billion
2005	38 million	0	21.3 billion
2004	8 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	48 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	148 million	2 million	17.7 billion
2001	157 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	149 million	43 million	20.5 billion
1999	360 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	150 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	7 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	44 million	8 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	113 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	123 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	152 million	–	31.7 billion
1988	971 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	1.19 billion	–	36.2 billion
1986	710 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	536 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	501 million	18 million	36.8 billion
1983	589 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	344 million	43 million	41.4 billion
1981	264 million	253 million	42 billion
1980	116 million	136 million	37.4 billion
1979	116 million	4 million	33.3 billion
1978	133 million	42 million	39.2 billion
1977	134 million	41 million	37 billion
1976	192 million	109 million	33 billion
1975	233 million	48 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	9 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	19 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	29 million	28.7 billion
1971	–	165 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	7 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	–	22.1 billion
1966	–	17 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	16 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	7 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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