Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe

Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports

Arms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 18 million TIV, or 10 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe: Arms importsArms imports: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 18 million TIV, or 10 times that in Ethiopia.
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What the numbers say

  • Zimbabwe has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaZimbabweWorld
202563 million–33.3 billion
202448 million–30.6 billion
20232 million20 million29.5 billion
202245 million–33 billion
202116 million–26.8 billion
202025 million–23.4 billion
201976 million–26.9 billion
201814 million–27.3 billion
201751 million–31.2 billion
201655 million–31.4 billion
201510 million–28.7 billion
201433 million–27 billion
2013154 million–27.4 billion
2012193 million–27.9 billion
201176 million–29.9 billion
201058 million–25.8 billion
2009––24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006–25 million24.4 billion
2005–25 million21.3 billion
2004239 million14 million21.3 billion
2003174 million16 million19.2 billion
200220 million–17.7 billion
2001–10 million18.3 billion
2000114 million8 million20.5 billion
1999152 million25 million25.3 billion
1998208 million1 million27.9 billion
199769 million–28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993–025.8 billion
1992–63 million24.3 billion
199180 million47 million27.8 billion
19902 million2 million28.6 billion
198947 million–31.7 billion
1988155 million2 million32.9 billion
1987239 million29 million36.2 billion
1986348 million212 million35.5 billion
1985268 million28 million33.2 billion
1984228 million33 million36.8 billion
1983403 million34 million39.1 billion
1982516 million81 million41.4 billion
1981328 million15 million42 billion
1980330 million–37.4 billion
1979113 million–33.3 billion
1978965 million16 million39.2 billion
19771.13 billion4 million37 billion
1976113 million20 million33 billion
197558 million42 million34.2 billion
197436 million2 million32.9 billion
19735 million032.6 billion
197253 million21 million28.7 billion
197154 million5 million29.3 billion
197090 million–22.1 billion
196924 million–24.7 billion
196834 million–22.4 billion
196731 million21 million22.1 billion
196699 million–22.4 billion
196514 million–23.1 billion
19644 million–24.2 billion
196327 million20 million18.1 billion
196221 million16 million15.5 billion
19614 million–15 billion
196024 million15 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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