Burkina Faso vs Nigeria

Burkina Faso vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 13 million TIV, or 1.62 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Burkina Faso vs Nigeria: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 13 million TIV, or 1.62 times that in Nigeria.
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What the numbers say

  • Burkina Faso has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Nigeria.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBurkina FasoNigeriaWorld
202534 million21 million33.3 billion
202437 million93 million30.6 billion
202319 million93 million29.5 billion
202212 million53 million33 billion
202126 million273 million26.8 billion
20203 million84 million23.4 billion
20197 million18 million26.9 billion
201824 million49 million27.3 billion
20172 million42 million31.2 billion
20167 million61 million31.4 billion
20155 million188 million28.7 billion
2014–236 million27 billion
2013–30 million27.4 billion
20123 million28 million27.9 billion
201116 million63 million29.9 billion
20100223 million25.8 billion
20093 million65 million24 billion
2008–33 million24.1 billion
20074 million62 million26.5 billion
20064 million16 million24.4 billion
200512 million–21.3 billion
2004–11 million21.3 billion
2003–66 million19.2 billion
2002–6 million17.7 billion
2001–9 million18.3 billion
2000–36 million20.5 billion
19990–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997–1 million28.9 billion
1996–15 million23.7 billion
1995–2 million22.9 billion
1994–95 million22.8 billion
19937 million41 million25.8 billion
1992–59 million24.3 billion
19914 million4 million27.8 billion
1990–18 million28.6 billion
1989–15 million31.7 billion
198812 million62 million32.9 billion
1987–115 million36.2 billion
19863 million211 million35.5 billion
19852 million569 million33.2 billion
19849 million359 million36.8 billion
198316 million41 million39.1 billion
19821 million642 million41.4 billion
19819 million331 million42 billion
19800474 million37.4 billion
1979–108 million33.3 billion
1978–142 million39.2 billion
19779 million90 million37 billion
19768 million104 million33 billion
197514 million424 million34.2 billion
1974–24 million32.9 billion
1973–7 million32.6 billion
1972–113 million28.7 billion
19711 million12 million29.3 billion
19701 million14 million22.1 billion
19691 million39 million24.7 billion
1968050 million22.4 billion
1967–47 million22.1 billion
19660159 million22.4 billion
1965056 million23.1 billion
19641 million2 million24.2 billion
1963–9 million18.1 billion
1962–8 million15.5 billion
19611 million1 million15 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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