Ethiopia vs Zambia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 47 million TIV, or 48 times that in Zambia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Zambia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Zambia	World
2025	63 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	1 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	5 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	2 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	20 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	43 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	46 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	44 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	15 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	–	27 billion
2013	154 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	61 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	1 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	–	–	24 billion
2008	–	2 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	5 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	30 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	0	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	2 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	43 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	–	8 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	–	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	–	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	18 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	43 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	253 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	136 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	4 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	42 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	41 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	109 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	48 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	9 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	19 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	29 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	165 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	7 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	16 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	7 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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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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