Ethiopia vs Sudan: Arms imports

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

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Sudan	World
2025	63 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	100 million	24 billion
2008	–	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	29 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	–	33 billion
1975	58 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	6 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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