Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire

Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Ghana and 15 million TIV in Côte d’Ivoire, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 10 million TIV, or 3 times that in Ghana.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Ghana and 15 million TIV in Côte d’Ivoire, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 10 million TIV, or 3 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ghana.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearGhanaCôte d’IvoireWorld
20255 million15 million33.3 billion
202411 million7 million30.6 billion
20238 million70 million29.5 billion
202240 million22 million33 billion
2021–7 million26.8 billion
202012 million3 million23.4 billion
20192 million15 million26.9 billion
2018010 million27.3 billion
2017–14 million31.2 billion
201622 million5 million31.4 billion
201513 million5 million28.7 billion
201417 million6 million27 billion
201352 million–27.4 billion
201239 million–27.9 billion
201176 million–29.9 billion
20102 million–25.8 billion
20096 million–24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
200716 million–26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
20050–21.3 billion
200437 million9 million21.3 billion
20036 million61 million19.2 billion
20021 million32 million17.7 billion
200112 million–18.3 billion
20001 million020.5 billion
19998 million2 million25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
19975 million028.9 billion
19967 million–23.7 billion
1995–2 million22.9 billion
199411 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–024.3 billion
19911 million–27.8 billion
19904 million–28.6 billion
19892 million2 million31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
198713 million–36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
19855 million–33.2 billion
1984–9 million36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982––41.4 billion
198148 million19 million42 billion
198038 million56 million37.4 billion
19797 million38 million33.3 billion
197818 million15 million39.2 billion
1977–22 million37 billion
197639 million–33 billion
197528 million–34.2 billion
197419 million18 million32.9 billion
197313 million–32.6 billion
197212 million1 million28.7 billion
1971–17 million29.3 billion
1970–7 million22.1 billion
1969–2 million24.7 billion
1968–26 million22.4 billion
19671 million3 million22.1 billion
196624 million2 million22.4 billion
196540 million–23.1 billion
196440 million–24.2 billion
19636 million1 million18.1 billion
196220 million1 million15.5 billion
1961107 million3 million15 billion
196012 million–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.

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