Niger vs Rwanda
Niger vs Rwanda: Arms imports
Arms imports: 4 million TIV in Niger in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 18 million TIV, or 1.95 times that in Niger.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Rwanda has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Niger.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Niger | Rwanda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 4 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 19 million | 37 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 34 million | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 16 million | 65 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 5 million | 1 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 3 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 3 million | 8 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 29 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 3 million | 15 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 12 million | 15 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 5 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1 million | 11 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 8 million | 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 | 6 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 21 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 9 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3 million | 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 | 14 million | 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 | 3 million | 2 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 3 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 3 million | 6 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 25 million | 4 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 6 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 8 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 57 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 2 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 1 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 3 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 3 million | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 0 | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 12 million | 0 | 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 | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1 million | 0 | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 11 million | 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
Niger vs Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyNiger: 61.2 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNiger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNiger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNiger: 3.46% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateNiger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNiger: 26.2 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthNiger: 3.31% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNiger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNiger: 18.4% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageNiger: 15.3 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNiger: 2.6% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateNiger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNiger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNiger: $450M in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personNiger: $18 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNiger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNiger: 10,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- National powerNiger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNiger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020