Nigeria vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 685 million TIV, or 34 times that in Nigeria.

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Pakistan has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Pakistan	World
2025	21 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	273 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	33 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	–	46 million	15.7 billion

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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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