Angola vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports

Arms imports: 84 million TIV in Angola in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 5 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Angola.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Zimbabwe has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Angola.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Angola	Zimbabwe	World
2025	84 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	16 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	15 million	20 million	29.5 billion
2022	46 million	–	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	170 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	274 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	113 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	156 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	49 million	–	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	–	27 billion
2013	31 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	–	–	27.9 billion
2011	–	–	29.9 billion
2010	–	–	25.8 billion
2009	20 million	–	24 billion
2008	29 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	35 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	7 million	25 million	24.4 billion
2005	38 million	25 million	21.3 billion
2004	8 million	14 million	21.3 billion
2003	48 million	16 million	19.2 billion
2002	148 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	157 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	149 million	8 million	20.5 billion
1999	360 million	25 million	25.3 billion
1998	150 million	1 million	27.9 billion
1997	7 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	44 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	113 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	123 million	0	25.8 billion
1992	–	63 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	47 million	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	152 million	–	31.7 billion
1988	971 million	2 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.19 billion	29 million	36.2 billion
1986	710 million	212 million	35.5 billion
1985	536 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	501 million	33 million	36.8 billion
1983	589 million	34 million	39.1 billion
1982	344 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	264 million	15 million	42 billion
1980	116 million	–	37.4 billion
1979	116 million	–	33.3 billion
1978	133 million	16 million	39.2 billion
1977	134 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	192 million	20 million	33 billion
1975	233 million	42 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	2 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	0	32.6 billion
1972	–	21 million	28.7 billion
1971	–	5 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	–	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	21 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	–	22.4 billion
1965	–	–	23.1 billion
1964	–	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	20 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	16 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	15 million	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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