Ethiopia vs Indonesia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.21 billion TIV, or 20 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Indonesia has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Indonesia ranked 7 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	Indonesia	World
2025	63 million	1.28 billion	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	185 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	390 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	366 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	283 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	239 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	357 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	1.17 billion	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	352 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	438 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	1.2 billion	27 billion
2013	154 million	833 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	162 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	257 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	221 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	443 million	24 billion
2008	–	239 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	578 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	63 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	33 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	77 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	353 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	67 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	22 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	171 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	161 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	85 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	101 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	378 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	284 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	472 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	210 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	51 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	202 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	249 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	265 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	433 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	291 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	102 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	224 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	356 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	790 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	898 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	370 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	124 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	62 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	156 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	4 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	73 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	73 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	5 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	92 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	27 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	9 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	0	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	317 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	596 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	206 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	1.03 billion	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	780 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	448 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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