Ethiopia vs Italy: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 503 million TIV, or 8.98 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Italy ranked 18 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	Italy	World
2025	63 million	566 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	494 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	425 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	237 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	211 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	201 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	178 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	275 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	709 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	734 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	237 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	127 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	71 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	189 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	286 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	98 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	94 million	24 billion
2008	–	159 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	467 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	384 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	136 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	490 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	617 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	240 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	234 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	278 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	25 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	56 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	474 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	265 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	322 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	180 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	205 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	192 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	210 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	155 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	196 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	183 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	198 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	205 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	273 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	303 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	241 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	129 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	468 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	591 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	682 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	517 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	711 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	1.02 billion	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	1.12 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	1.02 billion	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	1.77 billion	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	1.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	685 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	611 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	196 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	107 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	412 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	736 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	1.14 billion	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	1.22 billion	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	886 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	427 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	409 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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