Namibia vs Zambia

Namibia vs Zambia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 0 TIV in Namibia in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Namibia, by 55 million TIV, or 56 times that in Zambia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Namibia vs Zambia: Arms importsArms imports: 0 TIV in Namibia in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Namibia, by 55 million TIV, or 56 times that in Zambia.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNamibiaZambiaWorld
20250–33.3 billion
202456 million1 million30.6 billion
2023–5 million29.5 billion
2022–2 million33 billion
2021–20 million26.8 billion
2020–3 million23.4 billion
2019–43 million26.9 billion
2018––27.3 billion
201735 million46 million31.2 billion
20163 million44 million31.4 billion
2015–15 million28.7 billion
20142 million–27 billion
20139 million–27.4 billion
201257 million61 million27.9 billion
20111 million1 million29.9 billion
20103 million–25.8 billion
200915 million–24 billion
200825 million2 million24.1 billion
2007–5 million26.5 billion
200675 million30 million24.4 billion
2005–021.3 billion
200416 million–21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200211 million2 million17.7 billion
200121 million–18.3 billion
2000–43 million20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
19985 million–27.9 billion
19975 million–28.9 billion
1996–8 million23.7 billion
19954 million–22.9 billion
19942 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
1985––33.2 billion
1984–18 million36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982–43 million41.4 billion
1981–253 million42 billion
1980–136 million37.4 billion
1979–4 million33.3 billion
1978–42 million39.2 billion
1977–41 million37 billion
1976–109 million33 billion
1975–48 million34.2 billion
1974–9 million32.9 billion
1973–19 million32.6 billion
1972–29 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
1964–7 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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