Ethiopia vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 42 million TIV, or 3 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Nigeria	World
2025	63 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	65 million	24 billion
2008	–	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	–	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	90 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	1 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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