Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia
Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 15 million TIV in Côte d’Ivoire and 0 TIV in Liberia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 15 million TIV.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Liberia.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 million | 0 | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 7 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 70 million | 14 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 22 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 7 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 3 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 15 million | 1 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 10 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 14 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 5 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 6 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 9 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 61 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | 9 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 2 million | 1 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 3 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 2 million | 12 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 9 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 3 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | 1 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 19 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 56 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 38 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 15 million | 1 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 22 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 18 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 1 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 17 million | 1 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 7 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 2 million | 1 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 3 million | 18 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 2 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 3 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Côte d’Ivoire vs Liberia
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Liberia: 62.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Liberia: 8.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Liberia: 55.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Liberia: 3.8% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Liberia: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Liberia: 5.49 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Liberia: 2.2% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Liberia: 3.95 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Liberia: 56.1% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Liberia: 18.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Liberia: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Liberia: -0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Liberia: 0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Liberia: $40.3M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Liberia: $8 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Liberia: 3.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Liberia: 2,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Liberia: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Liberia: 0.09% of the labour force in 2020