Cameroon vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 21 million TIV in Nigeria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 91 million TIV, or 47 times that in Cameroon.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Cameroon.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Cameroon	Nigeria	World
2025	–	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	2 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	4 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	2 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	8 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	23 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	124 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	139 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	9 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	10 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	65 million	24 billion
2008	1 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	–	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	10 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	4 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	9 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	5 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	3 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	8 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	3 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	16 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	125 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	113 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	–	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	–	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	73 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	29 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	–	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	15 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	8 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	3 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	3 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	2 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	2 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	0	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	0	1 million	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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