Cameroon vs Gabon

Cameroon vs Gabon: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 6 million TIV in Gabon in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Gabon, by 14 million TIV, or 8 times that in Cameroon.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Cameroon vs Gabon: Arms importsArms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 6 million TIV in Gabon in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Gabon, by 14 million TIV, or 8 times that in Cameroon.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCameroonGabonWorld
2025––33.3 billion
2024–6 million30.6 billion
20232 million16 million29.5 billion
20222 million–33 billion
20214 million2 million26.8 billion
20202 million–23.4 billion
20194 million26 million26.9 billion
20182 million–27.3 billion
20178 million–31.2 billion
201623 million3 million31.4 billion
201510 million5 million28.7 billion
2014124 million–27 billion
2013139 million2 million27.4 billion
20129 million1 million27.9 billion
2011–5 million29.9 billion
201010 million27 million25.8 billion
2009––24 billion
20081 million–24.1 billion
2007–18 million26.5 billion
20063 million20 million24.4 billion
20055 million–21.3 billion
2004–7 million21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200210 million–17.7 billion
20016 million–18.3 billion
2000––20.5 billion
19994 million–25.3 billion
19989 million–27.9 billion
19976 million–28.9 billion
19965 million–23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19923 million–24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
19908 million29 million28.6 billion
19893 million–31.7 billion
19882 million22 million32.9 billion
19875 million10 million36.2 billion
198611 million8 million35.5 billion
198516 million3 million33.2 billion
1984125 million100 million36.8 billion
19835 million11 million39.1 billion
1982113 million5 million41.4 billion
198128 million36 million42 billion
1980–33 million37.4 billion
19791 million–33.3 billion
1978–76 million39.2 billion
197773 million28 million37 billion
197629 million47 million33 billion
1975–34 million34.2 billion
1974–11 million32.9 billion
197315 million2 million32.6 billion
19721 million–28.7 billion
19718 million24 million29.3 billion
1970–1 million22.1 billion
1969–4 million24.7 billion
19683 million4 million22.4 billion
19673 million–22.1 billion
19662 million2 million22.4 billion
19652 million023.1 billion
196403 million24.2 billion
19632 million–18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
196103 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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