Cameroon vs Zimbabwe
Cameroon vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2023: 2 million TIV in Cameroon and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 18 million TIV, or 10 times that in Cameroon.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Cameroon.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cameroon | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2 million | 20 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 4 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 2 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 4 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 2 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 23 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 124 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 139 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 9 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 10 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | 25 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 5 million | 25 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 14 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 16 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 10 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 6 million | 10 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 8 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4 million | 25 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 6 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 0 | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 3 million | 63 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 47 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 8 million | 2 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 3 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 5 million | 29 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 11 million | 212 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 16 million | 28 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 125 million | 33 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 5 million | 34 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 113 million | 81 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | 15 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 16 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 73 million | 4 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 29 million | 20 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 42 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 15 million | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 21 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 8 million | 5 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 3 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 3 million | 21 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 2 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 2 million | 20 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 16 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 15 million | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cameroon vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelCameroon: 34,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020