Malawi vs Zambia

Malawi vs Zambia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2024: 2 million TIV in Malawi and 1 million TIV in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malawi, by 1 million TIV, or 2 times that in Zambia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Malawi vs Zambia: Arms importsArms imports in 2024: 2 million TIV in Malawi and 1 million TIV in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malawi, by 1 million TIV, or 2 times that in Zambia.
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What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Zambia.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearMalawiZambiaWorld
2025––33.3 billion
20242 million1 million30.6 billion
2023–5 million29.5 billion
202219 million2 million33 billion
2021–20 million26.8 billion
2020–3 million23.4 billion
2019–43 million26.9 billion
2018––27.3 billion
2017–46 million31.2 billion
2016044 million31.4 billion
20153 million15 million28.7 billion
20142 million–27 billion
20133 million–27.4 billion
20121 million61 million27.9 billion
2011–1 million29.9 billion
2010––25.8 billion
2009––24 billion
20083 million2 million24.1 billion
2007–5 million26.5 billion
2006–30 million24.4 billion
2005–021.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002–2 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000–43 million20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996–8 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
19944 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
199011 million–28.6 billion
19894 million–31.7 billion
19882 million–32.9 billion
19871 million–36.2 billion
198610 million–35.5 billion
19857 million–33.2 billion
19841 million18 million36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982–43 million41.4 billion
198114 million253 million42 billion
198014 million136 million37.4 billion
19798 million4 million33.3 billion
19787 million42 million39.2 billion
19776 million41 million37 billion
19762 million109 million33 billion
1975–48 million34.2 billion
1974–9 million32.9 billion
1973–19 million32.6 billion
1972029 million28.7 billion
1971–165 million29.3 billion
1970–4 million22.1 billion
1969–7 million24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
1966–17 million22.4 billion
1965–16 million23.1 billion
19645 million7 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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