Madagascar vs Somalia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3 million TIV in Madagascar and 2 million TIV in Somalia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 1 million TIV, or 1.5 times that in Somalia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Madagascar	Somalia	World
2025	3 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	4 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	–	33 billion
2021	–	2 million	26.8 billion
2020	1 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	1 million	8 million	26.9 billion
2018	2 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	–	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	2 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	1 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	–	27 billion
2013	–	3 million	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	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	–	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	1 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	–	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	–	–	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	–	16 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	–	31.7 billion
1988	–	–	32.9 billion
1987	–	–	36.2 billion
1986	–	15 million	35.5 billion
1985	6 million	42 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	15 million	36.8 billion
1983	8 million	23 million	39.1 billion
1982	–	61 million	41.4 billion
1981	1 million	97 million	42 billion
1980	43 million	101 million	37.4 billion
1979	64 million	90 million	33.3 billion
1978	–	57 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	29 million	37 billion
1976	–	185 million	33 billion
1975	6 million	128 million	34.2 billion
1974	17 million	283 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	165 million	32.6 billion
1972	0	24 million	28.7 billion
1971	0	–	29.3 billion
1970	–	–	22.1 billion
1969	1 million	1 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	4 million	22.4 billion
1967	12 million	72 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	53 million	22.4 billion
1965	8 million	31 million	23.1 billion
1964	0	–	24.2 billion
1963	1 million	11 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	0	15.5 billion
1961	3 million	2 million	15 billion
1960	–	11 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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