Australia vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 805 million TIV, or 39 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 1986, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Nigeria	World
2025	826 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	116 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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