Germany vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.61 billion TIV, or 78 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany 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	Germany	Nigeria	World
2025	1.63 billion	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	90 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	104 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	1 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	–	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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