Djibouti vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 0 TIV in Djibouti in 2023 and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 2 million TIV.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Djibouti.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Djibouti	Ethiopia	World
2025	–	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	0	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	46 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	1 million	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	11 million	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	11 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	4 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	15 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	–	24 billion
2008	–	–	24.1 billion
2007	–	–	26.5 billion
2006	–	–	24.4 billion
2005	7 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	4 million	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	3 million	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.3 billion
2000	1 million	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	–	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	6 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	8 million	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	1 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	3 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	6 million	328 million	42 billion
1980	5 million	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	6 million	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	3 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	–	113 million	33 billion
1975	–	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	–	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	4 million	15 billion
1960	–	24 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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