Ethiopia vs Somalia

Ethiopia vs Somalia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 2 million TIV in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 61 million TIV, or 32 times that in Somalia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Somalia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 2 million TIV in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 61 million TIV, or 32 times that in Somalia.
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What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Somalia.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaSomaliaWorld
202563 million2 million33.3 billion
202448 million4 million30.6 billion
20232 million4 million29.5 billion
202245 million–33 billion
202116 million2 million26.8 billion
202025 million2 million23.4 billion
201976 million8 million26.9 billion
201814 million–27.3 billion
201751 million2 million31.2 billion
201655 million2 million31.4 billion
201510 million1 million28.7 billion
201433 million–27 billion
2013154 million3 million27.4 billion
2012193 million–27.9 billion
201176 million–29.9 billion
201058 million–25.8 billion
2009––24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006––24.4 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 million–20.5 billion
1999152 million1 million25.3 billion
1998208 million–27.9 billion
199769 million–28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
199180 million–27.8 billion
19902 million16 million28.6 billion
198947 million–31.7 billion
1988155 million–32.9 billion
1987239 million–36.2 billion
1986348 million15 million35.5 billion
1985268 million42 million33.2 billion
1984228 million15 million36.8 billion
1983403 million23 million39.1 billion
1982516 million61 million41.4 billion
1981328 million97 million42 billion
1980330 million101 million37.4 billion
1979113 million90 million33.3 billion
1978965 million57 million39.2 billion
19771.13 billion29 million37 billion
1976113 million185 million33 billion
197558 million128 million34.2 billion
197436 million283 million32.9 billion
19735 million165 million32.6 billion
197253 million24 million28.7 billion
197154 million–29.3 billion
197090 million–22.1 billion
196924 million1 million24.7 billion
196834 million4 million22.4 billion
196731 million72 million22.1 billion
196699 million53 million22.4 billion
196514 million31 million23.1 billion
19644 million–24.2 billion
196327 million11 million18.1 billion
196221 million015.5 billion
19614 million2 million15 billion
196024 million11 million15.7 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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