Burkina Faso vs Rwanda

Burkina Faso vs Rwanda: Arms imports

Arms imports: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 18 million TIV, or 1.95 times that in Burkina Faso.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Burkina Faso vs Rwanda: Arms importsArms imports: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 18 million TIV, or 1.95 times that in Burkina Faso.
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What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBurkina FasoRwandaWorld
202534 million–33.3 billion
202437 million–30.6 billion
202319 million37 million29.5 billion
202212 million17 million33 billion
202126 million65 million26.8 billion
20203 million–23.4 billion
20197 million1 million26.9 billion
201824 million3 million27.3 billion
20172 million8 million31.2 billion
20167 million–31.4 billion
20155 million29 million28.7 billion
2014–15 million27 billion
2013–15 million27.4 billion
20123 million5 million27.9 billion
201116 million–29.9 billion
20100–25.8 billion
20093 million11 million24 billion
2008–14 million24.1 billion
20074 million20 million26.5 billion
20064 million3 million24.4 billion
200512 million–21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000–15 million20.5 billion
1999021 million25.3 billion
1998–9 million27.9 billion
1997–3 million28.9 billion
1996–1 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
19937 million–25.8 billion
1992–5 million24.3 billion
19914 million5 million27.8 billion
1990–3 million28.6 billion
1989–3 million31.7 billion
198812 million2 million32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
19863 million2 million35.5 billion
19852 million3 million33.2 billion
19849 million6 million36.8 billion
198316 million4 million39.1 billion
19821 million–41.4 billion
19819 million–42 billion
19800–37.4 billion
1979––33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
19779 million1 million37 billion
19768 million–33 billion
197514 million3 million34.2 billion
1974–1 million32.9 billion
1973–2 million32.6 billion
1972–028.7 billion
19711 million029.3 billion
19701 million–22.1 billion
19691 million–24.7 billion
19680–22.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
19660–22.4 billion
19650023.1 billion
19641 million024.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962–11 million15.5 billion
19611 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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