Italy vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 545 million TIV, or 27 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Italy	Nigeria	World
2025	566 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	494 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	425 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	237 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	211 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	201 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	178 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	275 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	709 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	734 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	237 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	127 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	71 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	189 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	286 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	98 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	94 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	159 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	467 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	136 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	490 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	617 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	240 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	234 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	278 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	25 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	56 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	474 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	265 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	322 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	180 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	205 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	192 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	210 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	155 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	196 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	183 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	198 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	205 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	273 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	303 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	241 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	129 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	468 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	591 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	682 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	517 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	711 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	1.02 billion	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.12 billion	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.02 billion	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.77 billion	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.1 billion	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	685 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	611 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	196 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	107 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	412 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	736 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.14 billion	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.22 billion	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	886 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	427 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	409 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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