Ethiopia vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 174 million TIV, or 3.76 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Spain ranked 33 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	Spain	World
2025	63 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	228 million	24 billion
2008	–	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	312 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	214 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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