Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 643 million TIV, or 11 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Pakistan has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Pakistan ranked 14 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	Pakistan	World
2025	63 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	16 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	–	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	–	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	–	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	271 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	46 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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