Mozambique vs Rwanda
Mozambique vs Rwanda: Arms imports
Arms imports: 14 million TIV in Mozambique in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 34 million TIV, or 12 times that in Mozambique.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Rwanda has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Mozambique.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Mozambique | Rwanda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 37 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 5 million | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 19 million | 65 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 22 million | 1 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 3 million | 3 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 8 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 46 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 5 million | 29 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 16 million | 15 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 9 million | 15 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 11 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 14 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 20 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 3 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 2 million | 21 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 9 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 3 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 5 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 5 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 3 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 3 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 6 million | 2 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 73 million | 3 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 94 million | 6 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 59 million | 4 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 64 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 60 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 52 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 111 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 494 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 152 million | 1 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 34 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 28 million | 3 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 0 | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 0 | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 0 | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 11 million | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mozambique vs Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyMozambique: 63.6 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMozambique: 3.9% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateMozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthMozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMozambique: 37.2% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageMozambique: 16.3 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMozambique: 2.8% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateMozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMozambique: $446M in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personMozambique: $13 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMozambique: 11,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- National powerMozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020