Ghana vs Rwanda

Ghana vs Rwanda: Arms imports

Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Ghana in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 29 million TIV, or 4.63 times that in Ghana.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ghana vs Rwanda: Arms importsArms imports: 5 million TIV in Ghana in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 29 million TIV, or 4.63 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ghana.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearGhanaRwandaWorld
20255 million–33.3 billion
202411 million–30.6 billion
20238 million37 million29.5 billion
202240 million17 million33 billion
2021–65 million26.8 billion
202012 million–23.4 billion
20192 million1 million26.9 billion
201803 million27.3 billion
2017–8 million31.2 billion
201622 million–31.4 billion
201513 million29 million28.7 billion
201417 million15 million27 billion
201352 million15 million27.4 billion
201239 million5 million27.9 billion
201176 million–29.9 billion
20102 million–25.8 billion
20096 million11 million24 billion
2008–14 million24.1 billion
200716 million20 million26.5 billion
2006–3 million24.4 billion
20050–21.3 billion
200437 million–21.3 billion
20036 million–19.2 billion
20021 million–17.7 billion
200112 million–18.3 billion
20001 million15 million20.5 billion
19998 million21 million25.3 billion
1998–9 million27.9 billion
19975 million3 million28.9 billion
19967 million1 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
199411 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–5 million24.3 billion
19911 million5 million27.8 billion
19904 million3 million28.6 billion
19892 million3 million31.7 billion
1988–2 million32.9 billion
198713 million–36.2 billion
1986–2 million35.5 billion
19855 million3 million33.2 billion
1984–6 million36.8 billion
1983–4 million39.1 billion
1982––41.4 billion
198148 million–42 billion
198038 million–37.4 billion
19797 million–33.3 billion
197818 million–39.2 billion
1977–1 million37 billion
197639 million–33 billion
197528 million3 million34.2 billion
197419 million1 million32.9 billion
197313 million2 million32.6 billion
197212 million028.7 billion
1971–029.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
19671 million–22.1 billion
196624 million–22.4 billion
196540 million023.1 billion
196440 million024.2 billion
19636 million–18.1 billion
196220 million11 million15.5 billion
1961107 million–15 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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