Botswana vs Namibia

Botswana vs Namibia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 11 million TIV in Botswana in 2024 and 0 TIV in Namibia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Namibia, by 45 million TIV, or 5.09 times that in Botswana.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Botswana vs Namibia: Arms importsArms imports: 11 million TIV in Botswana in 2024 and 0 TIV in Namibia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Namibia, by 45 million TIV, or 5.09 times that in Botswana.
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What the numbers say

  • Namibia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Botswana.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBotswanaNamibiaWorld
2025–033.3 billion
202411 million56 million30.6 billion
20231 million–29.5 billion
202211 million–33 billion
202116 million–26.8 billion
202076 million–23.4 billion
20197 million–26.9 billion
20185 million–27.3 billion
2017–35 million31.2 billion
20165 million3 million31.4 billion
2015––28.7 billion
2014–2 million27 billion
20138 million9 million27.4 billion
20126 million57 million27.9 billion
2011–1 million29.9 billion
201010 million3 million25.8 billion
200910 million15 million24 billion
2008–25 million24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006–75 million24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
200410 million16 million21.3 billion
200311 million–19.2 billion
20021 million11 million17.7 billion
200115 million21 million18.3 billion
200054 million–20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
19982 million5 million27.9 billion
199771 million5 million28.9 billion
199632 million–23.7 billion
199512 million4 million22.9 billion
1994–2 million22.8 billion
199311 million–25.8 billion
19922 million–24.3 billion
19912 million–27.8 billion
199022 million–28.6 billion
19894 million–31.7 billion
198840 million–32.9 billion
198726 million–36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
19855 million–33.2 billion
1984––36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982––41.4 billion
198111 million–42 billion
19802 million–37.4 billion
19797 million–33.3 billion
19781 million–39.2 billion
19771 million–37 billion
1976––33 billion
1975––34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
1972––28.7 billion
1971––29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
1966––22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
1964––24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––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.

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