Côte d’Ivoire vs Rwanda
Côte d’Ivoire vs Rwanda: Arms imports
Arms imports: 15 million TIV in Côte d’Ivoire in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 33 million TIV, or 1.89 times that in Rwanda.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Rwanda.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Rwanda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 7 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 70 million | 37 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 22 million | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 7 million | 65 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 3 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 15 million | 1 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 10 million | 3 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 14 million | 8 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 5 million | 29 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 6 million | 15 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 15 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 5 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 11 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 14 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 20 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 3 million | 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 | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 2 million | 21 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 9 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 0 | 5 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 5 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 3 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 2 million | 3 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 2 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 3 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | 6 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 4 million | 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 | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 22 million | 1 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 3 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 18 million | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 0 | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 17 million | 0 | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 7 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 2 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 3 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 0 | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1 million | 11 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 Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020