Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports
Arms imports: 3 million TIV in Madagascar in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 1985 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 22 million TIV, or 4.67 times that in Madagascar.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 3 million 2025 | — | 98 of 110 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 million 2023 | — | — |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher since 1975, when it overtook Madagascar.
- The world as a whole: 33.2 billion TIV in 1985.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Madagascar | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 20 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 2 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 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 | – | 25 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 25 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 14 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 16 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 10 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 8 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 25 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 21 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 0 | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 63 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 47 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 2 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 29 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 212 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 6 million | 28 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 33 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 8 million | 34 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 81 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1 million | 15 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 43 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 64 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 16 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 4 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 20 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 6 million | 42 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 17 million | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 0 | 21 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 0 | 5 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 12 million | 21 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 8 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1 million | 20 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 16 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 3 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 15 million | 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.
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