Ghana vs Tanzania

Ghana vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Ghana and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ghana, by 1 million TIV, or 1.25 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ghana vs Tanzania: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Ghana and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ghana, by 1 million TIV, or 1.25 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

  • Ghana 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

YearGhanaTanzaniaWorld
20255 million4 million33.3 billion
202411 million–30.6 billion
20238 million–29.5 billion
202240 million–33 billion
2021–53 million26.8 billion
202012 million9 million23.4 billion
20192 million–26.9 billion
2018017 million27.3 billion
2017–2 million31.2 billion
201622 million20 million31.4 billion
201513 million20 million28.7 billion
201417 million14 million27 billion
201352 million130 million27.4 billion
201239 million115 million27.9 billion
201176 million78 million29.9 billion
20102 million–25.8 billion
20096 million29 million24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
200716 million1 million26.5 billion
2006–12 million24.4 billion
2005010 million21.3 billion
200437 million–21.3 billion
20036 million51 million19.2 billion
20021 million1 million17.7 billion
200112 million–18.3 billion
20001 million2 million20.5 billion
19998 million–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
19975 million–28.9 billion
19967 million4 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
199411 million5 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–18 million24.3 billion
19911 million–27.8 billion
19904 million–28.6 billion
19892 million5 million31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
198713 million–36.2 billion
1986–1 million35.5 billion
19855 million–33.2 billion
1984––36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982–9 million41.4 billion
198148 million121 million42 billion
198038 million53 million37.4 billion
19797 million260 million33.3 billion
197818 million67 million39.2 billion
1977–47 million37 billion
197639 million–33 billion
197528 million48 million34.2 billion
197419 million185 million32.9 billion
197313 million121 million32.6 billion
197212 million51 million28.7 billion
1971–60 million29.3 billion
1970–11 million22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
19671 million1 million22.1 billion
196624 million22 million22.4 billion
196540 million4 million23.1 billion
196440 million4 million24.2 billion
19636 million–18.1 billion
196220 million–15.5 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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