Ethiopia vs South Sudan

Ethiopia vs South Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 35 million TIV, or 4.5 times that in South Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs South Sudan: Arms importsArms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 35 million TIV, or 4.5 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2016, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaSouth SudanWorld
202563 million–33.3 billion
202448 million–30.6 billion
20232 million–29.5 billion
202245 million10 million33 billion
202116 million8 million26.8 billion
202025 million–23.4 billion
201976 million–26.9 billion
201814 million–27.3 billion
201751 million–31.2 billion
201655 million8 million31.4 billion
201510 million19 million28.7 billion
201433 million41 million27 billion
2013154 million13 million27.4 billion
2012193 million2 million27.9 billion
201176 million65 million29.9 billion
201058 million2 million25.8 billion
2009–1 million24 billion
2008–44 million24.1 billion
2007–37 million26.5 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 million–25.3 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 million–28.6 billion
198947 million–31.7 billion
1988155 million–32.9 billion
1987239 million–36.2 billion
1986348 million–35.5 billion
1985268 million–33.2 billion
1984228 million–36.8 billion
1983403 million–39.1 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 billion–37 billion
1976113 million–33 billion
197558 million–34.2 billion
197436 million–32.9 billion
19735 million–32.6 billion
197253 million–28.7 billion
197154 million–29.3 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 million–23.1 billion
19644 million–24.2 billion
196327 million–18.1 billion
196221 million–15.5 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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