Ethiopia vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 114 million TIV, or 2.81 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	63 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	154 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	61 million	24 billion
2008	–	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	330 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	42 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	24 million	103 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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