Ethiopia vs Madagascar: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 3 million TIV in Madagascar, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 60 million TIV, or 21 times that in Madagascar.
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Watch it change on the mapSIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 63 million 2025 | 10 million | 53 of 110 |
| Madagascar | 3 million 2025 | — | 98 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Madagascar | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 million | 3 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 48 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 45 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 16 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 25 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 76 million | 1 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 14 million | 2 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 51 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 55 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 33 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 154 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 193 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 76 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 58 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 239 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 174 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 20 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 114 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 152 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 208 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 69 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 21 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 80 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 2 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 47 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 155 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 239 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 348 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 268 million | 6 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 228 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 403 million | 8 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 516 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 328 million | 1 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 330 million | 43 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 113 million | 64 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 965 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.13 billion | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 113 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 58 million | 6 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 36 million | 17 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 5 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 53 million | 0 | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 54 million | 0 | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 90 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 24 million | 1 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 34 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 31 million | 12 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 99 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 14 million | 8 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 4 million | 0 | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 27 million | 1 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 21 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 4 million | 3 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 24 million | – | 15.7 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time