Ethiopia vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 682 million TIV, or 12 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and United States ranked 13 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 States	World
2025	63 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	939 million	24 billion
2008	–	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	384 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	181 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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