Ethiopia vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 6 million TIV, or 1.11 times that in Singapore.

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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 Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Singapore	World
2025	63 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	–	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	–	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	171 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	–	15 billion
1960	24 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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