Malawi vs Niger
Malawi vs Niger: Arms imports
Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024 and 4 million TIV in Niger in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Niger, by 2 million TIV, or 2 times that in Malawi.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher since 2022.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Malawi | Niger | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | 4 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 19 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 19 million | 34 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 16 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 19 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 3 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | 10 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 2 million | 3 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 3 million | 12 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 3 million | 8 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 6 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 3 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 4 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 14 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 11 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 4 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 10 million | 3 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 7 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1 million | 3 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 6 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 14 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 14 million | 8 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 8 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 7 million | 2 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 6 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 12 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 2 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | 1 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 1 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Malawi vs Niger
Health
- Life expectancyMalawi: 67.4 years in 2023Niger: 61.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMalawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Niger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMalawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Niger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMalawi: 3.45% in 2017Niger: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateMalawi: 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Niger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMalawi: 21.1 million people in 2023Niger: 26.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthMalawi: 2.57% a year in 2023Niger: 3.31% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMalawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023Niger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMalawi: 17.6% in 2025Niger: 18.4% in 2025
- Median ageMalawi: 17.6 years in 2023Niger: 15.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMalawi: 2.6% in 2023Niger: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMalawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Niger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMalawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025Niger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMalawi: $128M in 2025Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personMalawi: $7 in 2025Niger: $18 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMalawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Niger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMalawi: 15,000 people in 2020Niger: 10,000 people in 2020
- National powerMalawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Niger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMalawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020Niger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsMalawi: 1 million TIV in 2000Niger: 0 TIV in 1973