Ethiopia vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 474 million TIV, or 8.52 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Israel has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Israel ranked 20 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	Israel	World
2025	63 million	537 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	237 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	863 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	833 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	458 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	379 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	516 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	491 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	565 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	652 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	694 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	549 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	160 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	137 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	86 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	76 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	162 million	24 billion
2008	–	680 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	840 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	1.13 billion	24.4 billion
2005	–	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	846 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	189 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	350 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	116 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	389 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	1.28 billion	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	1.3 billion	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	67 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	105 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	372 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	767 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	716 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.34 billion	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	1.21 billion	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	81 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	24 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	582 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	1.18 billion	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	295 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	270 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	475 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	866 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	1.66 billion	42 billion
1980	330 million	1.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	709 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	1.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	1.23 billion	37 billion
1976	113 million	2 billion	33 billion
1975	58 million	1.18 billion	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	1.03 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	2.18 billion	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	963 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	1.41 billion	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	1.19 billion	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	926 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	229 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	460 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	447 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	415 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	368 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	279 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	88 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	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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