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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 42 million 2024 | 14 million | — |
| Nigeria | 21 million 2025 | 188 million | 72 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
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.
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