France vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 215 million TIV, or 11 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	France	Nigeria	World
2025	236 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	104 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	186 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	45 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	526 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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