Brazil vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 399 million TIV, or 7.33 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Ethiopia ranked 53 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	Ethiopia	World
2025	462 million	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	450 million	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	193 million	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	469 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	240 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	134 million	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	125 million	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	258 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	96 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	111 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	202 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	201 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	217 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	317 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	231 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	256 million	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	135 million	–	24 billion
2008	178 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	188 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	178 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	223 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	85 million	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	110 million	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	221 million	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	573 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	86 million	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	308 million	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	200 million	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	476 million	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	547 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	267 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	311 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	66 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	98 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	161 million	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	742 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	125 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	234 million	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	139 million	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	82 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	123 million	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	88 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	72 million	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	61 million	328 million	42 billion
1980	338 million	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	375 million	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	832 million	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	525 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	551 million	113 million	33 billion
1975	538 million	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	598 million	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	520 million	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	217 million	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	108 million	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	236 million	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	218 million	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	57 million	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	149 million	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	25 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	127 million	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	62 million	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	212 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	236 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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