Iran vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 21 million TIV in Nigeria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 51 million TIV, or 2.21 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Nigeria	World
2025	–	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	53 million	33 billion
2021	–	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	90 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	104 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	–	15.7 billion

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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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