Ethiopia vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 805 million TIV, or 14 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and United Arab Emirates ranked 9 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	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	63 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	604 million	24 billion
2008	–	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	–	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	310 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	–	15 billion
1960	24 million	–	15.7 billion

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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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