Chad vs Uganda: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 4 million TIV in Chad and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chad, by 2 million TIV, or 2 times that in Uganda.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Chad has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Uganda.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Chad	Uganda	World
2025	4 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	10 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	32 million	16 million	29.5 billion
2022	6 million	66 million	33 billion
2021	47 million	8 million	26.8 billion
2020	4 million	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	1 million	23 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	10 million	27.3 billion
2017	6 million	22 million	31.2 billion
2016	2 million	1 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	58 million	2 million	27 billion
2013	59 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	4 million	213 million	27.9 billion
2011	1 million	468 million	29.9 billion
2010	43 million	37 million	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	28 million	24 billion
2008	83 million	14 million	24.1 billion
2007	30 million	0	26.5 billion
2006	18 million	5 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	10 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	36 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	–	33 million	17.7 billion
2001	16 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	7 million	39 million	25.3 billion
1998	7 million	55 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	–	28.9 billion
1996	–	–	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	32 million	22.9 billion
1994	3 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	–	–	28.6 billion
1989	56 million	20 million	31.7 billion
1988	9 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1987	28 million	32 million	36.2 billion
1986	29 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	10 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	37 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	–	14 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	–	42 billion
1980	10 million	–	37.4 billion
1979	–	–	33.3 billion
1978	–	–	39.2 billion
1977	3 million	7 million	37 billion
1976	8 million	34 million	33 billion
1975	10 million	123 million	34.2 billion
1974	13 million	46 million	32.9 billion
1973	3 million	17 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	20 million	28.7 billion
1971	4 million	3 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	3 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	16 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	27 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	4 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	16 million	22.4 billion
1965	0	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	3 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	–	15 billion
1960	1 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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