Liberia vs Sierra Leone

Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Arms imports

Arms imports: 0 TIV in Liberia in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Sierra Leone in 2016, by SIPRI estimates. In 1999 the value was higher in Sierra Leone, by 12 million TIV, or 13 times that in Liberia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Arms importsArms imports: 0 TIV in Liberia in 2025 and 2 million TIV in Sierra Leone in 2016, by SIPRI estimates. In 1999 the value was higher in Sierra Leone, by 12 million TIV, or 13 times that in Liberia.
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What the numbers say

  • Sierra Leone has been higher since 1978, when it overtook Liberia.
  • The world as a whole: 25.3 billion TIV in 1999.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearLiberiaSierra LeoneWorld
20250–33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
202314 million–29.5 billion
2022––33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
2020––23.4 billion
20191 million–26.9 billion
2018––27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
2016–2 million31.4 billion
2015–1 million28.7 billion
2014––27 billion
2013–1 million27.4 billion
2012–027.9 billion
2011–2 million29.9 billion
2010––25.8 billion
2009––24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006–9 million24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
20009 million–20.5 billion
19991 million13 million25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997–16 million28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995–14 million22.9 billion
1994–7 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–1 million24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
19903 million–28.6 billion
198912 million–31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
19879 million18 million36.2 billion
19863 million–35.5 billion
1985––33.2 billion
19841 million3 million36.8 billion
1983–1 million39.1 billion
1982––41.4 billion
1981––42 billion
1980–42 million37.4 billion
1979––33.3 billion
19781 million2 million39.2 billion
1977––37 billion
19762 million1 million33 billion
1975––34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973–28 million32.6 billion
19721 million–28.7 billion
19711 million–29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
19691 million–24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
196718 million–22.1 billion
1966––22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
19642 million–24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––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.

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