Malawi vs Mali

Malawi vs Mali: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024 and 64 million TIV in Mali in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mali, by 23 million TIV, or 13 times that in Malawi.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Malawi vs Mali: Arms importsArms imports: 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024 and 64 million TIV in Mali in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mali, by 23 million TIV, or 13 times that in Malawi.
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What the numbers say

  • Mali has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Malawi.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearMalawiMaliWorld
2025–64 million33.3 billion
20242 million25 million30.6 billion
2023–82 million29.5 billion
202219 million62 million33 billion
2021–39 million26.8 billion
2020–49 million23.4 billion
2019–20 million26.9 billion
2018–27 million27.3 billion
2017–32 million31.2 billion
2016022 million31.4 billion
20153 million–28.7 billion
20142 million1 million27 billion
20133 million7 million27.4 billion
20121 million9 million27.9 billion
2011–029.9 billion
2010––25.8 billion
2009–10 million24 billion
20083 million3 million24.1 billion
2007–8 million26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005–13 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003–3 million19.2 billion
2002–1 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000–7 million20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
1998–4 million27.9 billion
1997–9 million28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
19944 million022.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
199011 million1 million28.6 billion
19894 million–31.7 billion
19882 million2 million32.9 billion
19871 million–36.2 billion
198610 million–35.5 billion
19857 million033.2 billion
19841 million13 million36.8 billion
1983–15 million39.1 billion
1982–4 million41.4 billion
198114 million91 million42 billion
198014 million–37.4 billion
19798 million–33.3 billion
19787 million–39.2 billion
19776 million–37 billion
19762 million89 million33 billion
1975–11 million34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
19720–28.7 billion
1971–15 million29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
1969–2 million24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
1967–12 million22.1 billion
1966–1 million22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
19645 million–24.2 billion
1963–4 million18.1 billion
1962–10 million15.5 billion
1961–3 million15 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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