Germany vs Tanzania
Germany vs Tanzania: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.63 billion TIV, or 410 times that in Tanzania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Tanzania.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Germany | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.63 billion | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 240 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 203 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 269 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 235 million | 53 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 105 million | 9 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 38 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 14 million | 17 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 43 million | 2 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 55 million | 20 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 119 million | 20 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 77 million | 14 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 103 million | 130 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 140 million | 115 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 79 million | 78 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 301 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 329 million | 29 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 277 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 46 million | 1 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 413 million | 12 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 206 million | 10 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 245 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 70 million | 51 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 71 million | 1 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 133 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 113 million | 2 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 129 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 618 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 60 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 244 million | 4 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 222 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 417 million | 5 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 529 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 716 million | 18 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 750 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 757 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 701 million | 5 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 447 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 340 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 322 million | 1 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 130 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 412 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 434 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 453 million | 9 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 261 million | 121 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 150 million | 53 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 65 million | 260 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 661 million | 67 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.01 billion | 47 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.36 billion | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.83 billion | 48 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.14 billion | 185 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.72 billion | 121 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 796 million | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 2.24 billion | 60 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.26 billion | 11 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.23 billion | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.25 billion | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1.39 billion | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 3.39 billion | 22 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 3.52 billion | 4 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 3.83 billion | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 3.31 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 2.5 billion | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2.09 billion | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 2.04 billion | – | 15.7 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Germany vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020