Ethiopia vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 783 million TIV, or 13 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Philippines ranked 10 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	Philippines	World
2025	63 million	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	280 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	12 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	1 million	24 billion
2008	–	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	198 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	50 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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