Ethiopia vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 83 million TIV, or 2.32 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Ethiopia.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Sweden	World
2025	63 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	–	15 million	24 billion
2008	–	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	114 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	227 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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