Ethiopia vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 318 million TIV, or 6.05 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Türkiye ranked 30 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	Türkiye	World
2025	63 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	187 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	154 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	714 million	24 billion
2008	–	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	–	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	–	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	–	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	–	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	293 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	581 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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