Ethiopia vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 761 million TIV, or 13 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Netherlands ranked 12 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	Netherlands	World
2025	63 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	262 million	24 billion
2008	–	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	606 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	255 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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