Ireland vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 7 million TIV, or 1.5 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Ireland.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Nigeria	World
2025	14 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	–	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	–	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	65 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	–	104 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	1 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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