Malawi vs Tanzania

Malawi vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024 and 4 million TIV in Tanzania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 20 million TIV.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Malawi vs Tanzania: Arms importsArms imports: 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024 and 4 million TIV in Tanzania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 20 million TIV.
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What the numbers say

  • Tanzania has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Malawi.
  • The world as a whole: 31.4 billion TIV in 2016.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearMalawiTanzaniaWorld
2025–4 million33.3 billion
20242 million–30.6 billion
2023––29.5 billion
202219 million–33 billion
2021–53 million26.8 billion
2020–9 million23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
2018–17 million27.3 billion
2017–2 million31.2 billion
2016020 million31.4 billion
20153 million20 million28.7 billion
20142 million14 million27 billion
20133 million130 million27.4 billion
20121 million115 million27.9 billion
2011–78 million29.9 billion
2010––25.8 billion
2009–29 million24 billion
20083 million–24.1 billion
2007–1 million26.5 billion
2006–12 million24.4 billion
2005–10 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003–51 million19.2 billion
2002–1 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000–2 million20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996–4 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
19944 million5 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992–18 million24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
199011 million–28.6 billion
19894 million5 million31.7 billion
19882 million–32.9 billion
19871 million–36.2 billion
198610 million1 million35.5 billion
19857 million–33.2 billion
19841 million–36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982–9 million41.4 billion
198114 million121 million42 billion
198014 million53 million37.4 billion
19798 million260 million33.3 billion
19787 million67 million39.2 billion
19776 million47 million37 billion
19762 million–33 billion
1975–48 million34.2 billion
1974–185 million32.9 billion
1973–121 million32.6 billion
1972051 million28.7 billion
1971–60 million29.3 billion
1970–11 million22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
1967–1 million22.1 billion
1966–22 million22.4 billion
1965–4 million23.1 billion
19645 million4 million24.2 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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