Ethiopia vs Rwanda

Ethiopia vs Rwanda: Arms imports

Arms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 35 million TIV, or 19 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Rwanda: Arms importsArms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 35 million TIV, or 19 times that in Ethiopia.
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What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaRwandaWorld
202563 million–33.3 billion
202448 million–30.6 billion
20232 million37 million29.5 billion
202245 million17 million33 billion
202116 million65 million26.8 billion
202025 million–23.4 billion
201976 million1 million26.9 billion
201814 million3 million27.3 billion
201751 million8 million31.2 billion
201655 million–31.4 billion
201510 million29 million28.7 billion
201433 million15 million27 billion
2013154 million15 million27.4 billion
2012193 million5 million27.9 billion
201176 million–29.9 billion
201058 million–25.8 billion
2009–11 million24 billion
2008–14 million24.1 billion
2007–20 million26.5 billion
2006–3 million24.4 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 million15 million20.5 billion
1999152 million21 million25.3 billion
1998208 million9 million27.9 billion
199769 million3 million28.9 billion
1996–1 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–5 million24.3 billion
199180 million5 million27.8 billion
19902 million3 million28.6 billion
198947 million3 million31.7 billion
1988155 million2 million32.9 billion
1987239 million–36.2 billion
1986348 million2 million35.5 billion
1985268 million3 million33.2 billion
1984228 million6 million36.8 billion
1983403 million4 million39.1 billion
1982516 million–41.4 billion
1981328 million–42 billion
1980330 million–37.4 billion
1979113 million–33.3 billion
1978965 million–39.2 billion
19771.13 billion1 million37 billion
1976113 million–33 billion
197558 million3 million34.2 billion
197436 million1 million32.9 billion
19735 million2 million32.6 billion
197253 million028.7 billion
197154 million029.3 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 million023.1 billion
19644 million024.2 billion
196327 million–18.1 billion
196221 million11 million15.5 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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