Ethiopia vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 6 million TIV, or 1.14 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Iran	World
2025	63 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	–	33 billion
2021	16 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	92 million	24 billion
2008	–	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	113 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	58 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	141 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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