Burundi vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Burundi in 2019 and 4 million TIV in Tanzania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 17 million TIV, or 6.67 times that in Burundi.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Tanzania has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Burundi.
The world as a whole: 31.4 billion TIV in 2016.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Burundi	Tanzania	World
2025	–	4 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	–	30.6 billion
2023	–	–	29.5 billion
2022	–	–	33 billion
2021	–	53 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	9 million	23.4 billion
2019	2 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	–	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	3 million	20 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	20 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	14 million	27 billion
2013	–	130 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	115 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	78 million	29.9 billion
2010	2 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	1 million	29 million	24 billion
2008	–	–	24.1 billion
2007	–	1 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	12 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	10 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	51 million	19.2 billion
2002	3 million	1 million	17.7 billion
2001	1 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	2 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.3 billion
1998	12 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	–	28.9 billion
1996	–	4 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	–	22.9 billion
1994	–	5 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	18 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	6 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	5 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	–	32.9 billion
1987	–	–	36.2 billion
1986	–	1 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	–	33.2 billion
1984	2 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	11 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	9 million	41.4 billion
1981	5 million	121 million	42 billion
1980	1 million	53 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	260 million	33.3 billion
1978	–	67 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	47 million	37 billion
1976	–	–	33 billion
1975	–	48 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	185 million	32.9 billion
1973	0	121 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	51 million	28.7 billion
1971	–	60 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	11 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	2 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	9 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	4 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	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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