Israel vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 516 million TIV, or 26 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Israel has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Israel	Nigeria	World
2025	537 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	237 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	863 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	833 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	458 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	379 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	516 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	491 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	565 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	652 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	694 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	549 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	160 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	137 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	86 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	76 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	162 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	680 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	840 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.13 billion	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.1 billion	–	21.3 billion
2004	846 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	189 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	350 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	116 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	389 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.28 billion	–	25.3 billion
1998	1.3 billion	–	27.9 billion
1997	67 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	105 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	372 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	767 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	716 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.34 billion	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.21 billion	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	81 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	24 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	582 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.18 billion	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	295 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	270 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	475 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	866 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.66 billion	331 million	42 billion
1980	1.25 billion	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	709 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.22 billion	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.23 billion	90 million	37 billion
1976	2 billion	104 million	33 billion
1975	1.18 billion	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.03 billion	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.18 billion	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	963 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.41 billion	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.19 billion	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	926 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	229 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	460 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	447 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	415 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	368 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	279 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	88 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	164 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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