Ethiopia vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 546 million TIV, or 9.67 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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 Kingdom	World
2025	63 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	381 million	24 billion
2008	–	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	262 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	26 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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