Canada vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 62 million TIV, or 3.95 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	Nigeria	World
2025	83 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	198 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	73 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	214 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	357 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	248 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	187 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	185 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	354 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	246 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	408 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	202 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	207 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	356 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	242 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	104 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	423 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	478 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	97 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	106 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	341 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	140 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	418 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	520 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	529 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	143 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	111 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	353 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	419 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	405 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	473 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	196 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	407 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	767 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	157 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	712 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	787 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	849 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	848 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	654 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	649 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	277 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	453 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	442 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	193 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	53 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	195 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	229 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	78 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	376 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	457 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	623 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	516 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	336 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	237 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	306 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	563 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	742 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.01 billion	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.22 billion	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.58 billion	1 million	15 billion
1960	171 million	–	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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