Ethiopia vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.57 billion TIV, or 26 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Germany ranked 6 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Germany	World
2025	63 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	269 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	77 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	329 million	24 billion
2008	–	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	261 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	113 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	58 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	24 million	2.04 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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