China vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 186 million TIV, or 9.86 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Nigeria	World
2025	207 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	236 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	65 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	–	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	–	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	331 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	–	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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