Ethiopia vs Uganda

Ethiopia vs Uganda: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 61 million TIV, or 32 times that in Uganda.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Uganda: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 61 million TIV, or 32 times that in Uganda.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaUgandaWorld
202563 million2 million33.3 billion
202448 million–30.6 billion
20232 million16 million29.5 billion
202245 million66 million33 billion
202116 million8 million26.8 billion
202025 million79 million23.4 billion
201976 million23 million26.9 billion
201814 million10 million27.3 billion
201751 million22 million31.2 billion
201655 million1 million31.4 billion
201510 million7 million28.7 billion
201433 million2 million27 billion
2013154 million20 million27.4 billion
2012193 million213 million27.9 billion
201176 million468 million29.9 billion
201058 million37 million25.8 billion
2009–28 million24 billion
2008–14 million24.1 billion
2007–026.5 billion
2006–5 million24.4 billion
2005–10 million21.3 billion
2004239 million36 million21.3 billion
2003174 million–19.2 billion
200220 million33 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000114 million6 million20.5 billion
1999152 million39 million25.3 billion
1998208 million55 million27.9 billion
199769 million–28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995–32 million22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
199180 million–27.8 billion
19902 million–28.6 billion
198947 million20 million31.7 billion
1988155 million1 million32.9 billion
1987239 million32 million36.2 billion
1986348 million–35.5 billion
1985268 million10 million33.2 billion
1984228 million–36.8 billion
1983403 million–39.1 billion
1982516 million14 million41.4 billion
1981328 million–42 billion
1980330 million–37.4 billion
1979113 million–33.3 billion
1978965 million–39.2 billion
19771.13 billion7 million37 billion
1976113 million34 million33 billion
197558 million123 million34.2 billion
197436 million46 million32.9 billion
19735 million17 million32.6 billion
197253 million20 million28.7 billion
197154 million3 million29.3 billion
197090 million3 million22.1 billion
196924 million16 million24.7 billion
196834 million27 million22.4 billion
196731 million4 million22.1 billion
196699 million16 million22.4 billion
196514 million1 million23.1 billion
19644 million3 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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