Ethiopia vs Malawi

Ethiopia vs Malawi: Arms imports

Arms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 46 million TIV, or 24 times that in Malawi.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Malawi: Arms importsArms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 46 million TIV, or 24 times that in Malawi.
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What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Malawi.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaMalawiWorld
202563 million–33.3 billion
202448 million2 million30.6 billion
20232 million–29.5 billion
202245 million19 million33 billion
202116 million–26.8 billion
202025 million–23.4 billion
201976 million–26.9 billion
201814 million–27.3 billion
201751 million–31.2 billion
201655 million031.4 billion
201510 million3 million28.7 billion
201433 million2 million27 billion
2013154 million3 million27.4 billion
2012193 million1 million27.9 billion
201176 million–29.9 billion
201058 million–25.8 billion
2009––24 billion
2008–3 million24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
2004239 million–21.3 billion
2003174 million–19.2 billion
200220 million–17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000114 million–20.5 billion
1999152 million–25.3 billion
1998208 million–27.9 billion
199769 million–28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994–4 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
199180 million–27.8 billion
19902 million11 million28.6 billion
198947 million4 million31.7 billion
1988155 million2 million32.9 billion
1987239 million1 million36.2 billion
1986348 million10 million35.5 billion
1985268 million7 million33.2 billion
1984228 million1 million36.8 billion
1983403 million–39.1 billion
1982516 million–41.4 billion
1981328 million14 million42 billion
1980330 million14 million37.4 billion
1979113 million8 million33.3 billion
1978965 million7 million39.2 billion
19771.13 billion6 million37 billion
1976113 million2 million33 billion
197558 million–34.2 billion
197436 million–32.9 billion
19735 million–32.6 billion
197253 million028.7 billion
197154 million–29.3 billion
197090 million–22.1 billion
196924 million–24.7 billion
196834 million–22.4 billion
196731 million–22.1 billion
196699 million–22.4 billion
196514 million–23.1 billion
19644 million5 million24.2 billion
196327 million–18.1 billion
196221 million–15.5 billion
19614 million–15 billion
196024 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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