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.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 million 2025 | — | 94 of 110 |
| Mozambique | 14 million 2025 | 5 million | 77 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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.
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