Benin vs Mozambique
Benin vs Mozambique: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 4 million TIV in Benin and 14 million TIV in Mozambique, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 10 million TIV, or 3.5 times that in Benin.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mozambique has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Benin.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Benin | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 million | 14 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 7 million | 1 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 12 million | 3 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 3 million | 5 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 19 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 22 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 3 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1 million | 46 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 5 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 16 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 3 million | 9 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 20 million | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 3 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 1 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 7 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 2 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 6 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 3 million | 73 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1 million | 94 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 3 million | 59 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 10 million | 64 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 60 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 52 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 6 million | 111 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 26 million | 494 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 152 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 34 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 28 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 2 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 2 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Benin vs Mozambique
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Mozambique: 63.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Mozambique: 3.9% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Mozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Mozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Mozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Mozambique: 37.2% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Mozambique: 16.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Mozambique: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Mozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Mozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBenin: $204M in 2025Mozambique: $446M in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Mozambique: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Mozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Mozambique: 11,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Mozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Mozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020