Egypt vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 676 million TIV, or 33 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Egypt	Nigeria	World
2025	697 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	331 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	164 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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