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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 million 2025 | 188 million | 72 of 110 |
| Pakistan | 706 million 2025 | 771 million | 14 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- 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 |
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.
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