Nigeria vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.15 billion TIV, or 100 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Poland	World
2025	21 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	193 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	804 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	104 million	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	424 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	864 million	15 billion
1960	–	889 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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