Ethiopia vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.11 billion TIV, or 34 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Poland ranked 4 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	Poland	World
2025	63 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	193 million	24 billion
2008	–	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	–	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	804 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	113 million	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	58 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	864 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	889 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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