Japan vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.69 billion TIV, or 82 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Japan	Nigeria	World
2025	1.72 billion	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	53 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	–	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	–	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	331 million	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	104 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	790 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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