Ethiopia vs Ghana

Ethiopia vs Ghana: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 5 million TIV in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 58 million TIV, or 13 times that in Ghana.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Ghana: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 5 million TIV in Ghana, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 58 million TIV, or 13 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ghana.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaGhanaWorld
202563 million5 million33.3 billion
202448 million11 million30.6 billion
20232 million8 million29.5 billion
202245 million40 million33 billion
202116 million–26.8 billion
202025 million12 million23.4 billion
201976 million2 million26.9 billion
201814 million027.3 billion
201751 million–31.2 billion
201655 million22 million31.4 billion
201510 million13 million28.7 billion
201433 million17 million27 billion
2013154 million52 million27.4 billion
2012193 million39 million27.9 billion
201176 million76 million29.9 billion
201058 million2 million25.8 billion
2009–6 million24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007–16 million26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005–021.3 billion
2004239 million37 million21.3 billion
2003174 million6 million19.2 billion
200220 million1 million17.7 billion
2001–12 million18.3 billion
2000114 million1 million20.5 billion
1999152 million8 million25.3 billion
1998208 million–27.9 billion
199769 million5 million28.9 billion
1996–7 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994–11 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
199180 million1 million27.8 billion
19902 million4 million28.6 billion
198947 million2 million31.7 billion
1988155 million–32.9 billion
1987239 million13 million36.2 billion
1986348 million–35.5 billion
1985268 million5 million33.2 billion
1984228 million–36.8 billion
1983403 million–39.1 billion
1982516 million–41.4 billion
1981328 million48 million42 billion
1980330 million38 million37.4 billion
1979113 million7 million33.3 billion
1978965 million18 million39.2 billion
19771.13 billion–37 billion
1976113 million39 million33 billion
197558 million28 million34.2 billion
197436 million19 million32.9 billion
19735 million13 million32.6 billion
197253 million12 million28.7 billion
197154 million–29.3 billion
197090 million–22.1 billion
196924 million–24.7 billion
196834 million–22.4 billion
196731 million1 million22.1 billion
196699 million24 million22.4 billion
196514 million40 million23.1 billion
19644 million40 million24.2 billion
196327 million6 million18.1 billion
196221 million20 million15.5 billion
19614 million107 million15 billion
196024 million12 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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