India vs Nigeria: Arms exports
Arms exports: 81 million TIV in India in 2025 and 4 million TIV in Nigeria in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in India, by 3 million TIV, or 1.75 times that in Nigeria.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| India | 81 million 2025 | 42 million |
| Nigeria | 4 million 2022 | — |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | India | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 94 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 54 million | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 153 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 47 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 56 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 49 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 42 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 40 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 3 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 27 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 15 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 23 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 33 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 19 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 31 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 4 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 21 million | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 9 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 7 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 7 million | 3 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 2 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 2 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 22 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 27 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 31 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 24 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 21 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 7 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
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