Ethiopia vs Tanzania

Ethiopia vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 59 million TIV, or 16 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Tanzania: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 59 million TIV, or 16 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaTanzaniaWorld
202563 million4 million33.3 billion
202448 million–30.6 billion
20232 million–29.5 billion
202245 million–33 billion
202116 million53 million26.8 billion
202025 million9 million23.4 billion
201976 million–26.9 billion
201814 million17 million27.3 billion
201751 million2 million31.2 billion
201655 million20 million31.4 billion
201510 million20 million28.7 billion
201433 million14 million27 billion
2013154 million130 million27.4 billion
2012193 million115 million27.9 billion
201176 million78 million29.9 billion
201058 million–25.8 billion
2009–29 million24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007–1 million26.5 billion
2006–12 million24.4 billion
2005–10 million21.3 billion
2004239 million–21.3 billion
2003174 million51 million19.2 billion
200220 million1 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000114 million2 million20.5 billion
1999152 million–25.3 billion
1998208 million–27.9 billion
199769 million–28.9 billion
1996–4 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994–5 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–18 million24.3 billion
199180 million–27.8 billion
19902 million–28.6 billion
198947 million5 million31.7 billion
1988155 million–32.9 billion
1987239 million–36.2 billion
1986348 million1 million35.5 billion
1985268 million–33.2 billion
1984228 million–36.8 billion
1983403 million–39.1 billion
1982516 million9 million41.4 billion
1981328 million121 million42 billion
1980330 million53 million37.4 billion
1979113 million260 million33.3 billion
1978965 million67 million39.2 billion
19771.13 billion47 million37 billion
1976113 million–33 billion
197558 million48 million34.2 billion
197436 million185 million32.9 billion
19735 million121 million32.6 billion
197253 million51 million28.7 billion
197154 million60 million29.3 billion
197090 million11 million22.1 billion
196924 million–24.7 billion
196834 million–22.4 billion
196731 million1 million22.1 billion
196699 million22 million22.4 billion
196514 million4 million23.1 billion
19644 million4 million24.2 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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