Burkina Faso vs Tanzania

Burkina Faso vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 30 million TIV, or 8.5 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Burkina Faso vs Tanzania: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 30 million TIV, or 8.5 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBurkina FasoTanzaniaWorld
202534 million4 million33.3 billion
202437 million–30.6 billion
202319 million–29.5 billion
202212 million–33 billion
202126 million53 million26.8 billion
20203 million9 million23.4 billion
20197 million–26.9 billion
201824 million17 million27.3 billion
20172 million2 million31.2 billion
20167 million20 million31.4 billion
20155 million20 million28.7 billion
2014–14 million27 billion
2013–130 million27.4 billion
20123 million115 million27.9 billion
201116 million78 million29.9 billion
20100–25.8 billion
20093 million29 million24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
20074 million1 million26.5 billion
20064 million12 million24.4 billion
200512 million10 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003–51 million19.2 billion
2002–1 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000–2 million20.5 billion
19990–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996–4 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994–5 million22.8 billion
19937 million–25.8 billion
1992–18 million24.3 billion
19914 million–27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
1989–5 million31.7 billion
198812 million–32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
19863 million1 million35.5 billion
19852 million–33.2 billion
19849 million–36.8 billion
198316 million–39.1 billion
19821 million9 million41.4 billion
19819 million121 million42 billion
1980053 million37.4 billion
1979–260 million33.3 billion
1978–67 million39.2 billion
19779 million47 million37 billion
19768 million–33 billion
197514 million48 million34.2 billion
1974–185 million32.9 billion
1973–121 million32.6 billion
1972–51 million28.7 billion
19711 million60 million29.3 billion
19701 million11 million22.1 billion
19691 million–24.7 billion
19680–22.4 billion
1967–1 million22.1 billion
1966022 million22.4 billion
196504 million23.1 billion
19641 million4 million24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 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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