Ethiopia vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 30 million TIV, or 1.91 times that in Thailand.

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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 Thailand.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Thailand ranked 60 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	Thailand	World
2025	63 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	63 million	24 billion
2008	–	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	111 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	28 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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