Argentina vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 45 million TIV, or 1.71 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ethiopia.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Ethiopia	World
2025	108 million	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	–	24 billion
2008	21 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	328 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	499 million	113 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	24 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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