Burkina Faso vs Cameroon

Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Arms imports

Arms imports: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 17 million TIV, or 9.5 times that in Cameroon.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Arms importsArms imports: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 17 million TIV, or 9.5 times that in Cameroon.
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What the numbers say

  • Burkina Faso has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Cameroon.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBurkina FasoCameroonWorld
202534 million–33.3 billion
202437 million–30.6 billion
202319 million2 million29.5 billion
202212 million2 million33 billion
202126 million4 million26.8 billion
20203 million2 million23.4 billion
20197 million4 million26.9 billion
201824 million2 million27.3 billion
20172 million8 million31.2 billion
20167 million23 million31.4 billion
20155 million10 million28.7 billion
2014–124 million27 billion
2013–139 million27.4 billion
20123 million9 million27.9 billion
201116 million–29.9 billion
2010010 million25.8 billion
20093 million–24 billion
2008–1 million24.1 billion
20074 million–26.5 billion
20064 million3 million24.4 billion
200512 million5 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002–10 million17.7 billion
2001–6 million18.3 billion
2000––20.5 billion
199904 million25.3 billion
1998–9 million27.9 billion
1997–6 million28.9 billion
1996–5 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
19937 million–25.8 billion
1992–3 million24.3 billion
19914 million–27.8 billion
1990–8 million28.6 billion
1989–3 million31.7 billion
198812 million2 million32.9 billion
1987–5 million36.2 billion
19863 million11 million35.5 billion
19852 million16 million33.2 billion
19849 million125 million36.8 billion
198316 million5 million39.1 billion
19821 million113 million41.4 billion
19819 million28 million42 billion
19800–37.4 billion
1979–1 million33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
19779 million73 million37 billion
19768 million29 million33 billion
197514 million–34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973–15 million32.6 billion
1972–1 million28.7 billion
19711 million8 million29.3 billion
19701 million–22.1 billion
19691 million–24.7 billion
196803 million22.4 billion
1967–3 million22.1 billion
196602 million22.4 billion
196502 million23.1 billion
19641 million024.2 billion
1963–2 million18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
19611 million015 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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