Ghana vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Ghana and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 16 million TIV, or 4.2 times that in Ghana.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Ghana.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ghana	Nigeria	World
2025	5 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	11 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	8 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	40 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	–	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	12 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	2 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	0	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	22 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	13 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	2 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	6 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	–	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	0	–	21.3 billion
2004	37 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	6 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	1 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	12 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	1 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	8 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	5 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	11 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	2 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	13 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	5 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	–	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	48 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	38 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	7 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	18 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	90 million	37 billion
1976	39 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	28 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	19 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	13 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	12 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	–	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	24 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	40 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	40 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	6 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	20 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	107 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	12 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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