Nigeria vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 825 million TIV, or 40 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Philippines	World
2025	21 million	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	280 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	12 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	1 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.3 billion
1998	–	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	–	50 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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