Ethiopia vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 31 million TIV, or 17 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ethiopia.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Switzerland	World
2025	63 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	36 million	24 billion
2008	–	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	4 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	218 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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