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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Watch it change on the mapSIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 63 million 2025 | 10 million | 53 of 110 |
| Thailand | 33 million 2025 | 184 million | 60 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
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.
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