Nigeria vs Russia

Nigeria vs Russia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 108 million TIV, or 6.14 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Nigeria vs Russia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 108 million TIV, or 6.14 times that in Nigeria.
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What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Nigeria.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNigeriaRussiaWorld
202521 million129 million33.3 billion
202493 million315 million30.6 billion
202393 million95 million29.5 billion
202253 million39 million33 billion
2021273 million6 million26.8 billion
202084 million1 million23.4 billion
201918 million5 million26.9 billion
201849 million62 million27.3 billion
201742 million94 million31.2 billion
201661 million127 million31.4 billion
2015188 million113 million28.7 billion
2014236 million207 million27 billion
201330 million185 million27.4 billion
201228 million121 million27.9 billion
201163 million10 million29.9 billion
2010223 million25 million25.8 billion
200965 million8 million24 billion
200833 million–24.1 billion
200762 million90 million26.5 billion
200616 million–24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
200411 million–21.3 billion
200366 million–19.2 billion
20026 million–17.7 billion
20019 million2 million18.3 billion
200036 million1.15 billion20.5 billion
1999–368 million25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
19971 million–28.9 billion
199615 million–23.7 billion
19952 million–22.9 billion
199495 million–22.8 billion
199341 million–25.8 billion
199259 million40 million24.3 billion
19914 million–27.8 billion
199018 million–28.6 billion
198915 million–31.7 billion
198862 million–32.9 billion
1987115 million–36.2 billion
1986211 million–35.5 billion
1985569 million–33.2 billion
1984359 million–36.8 billion
198341 million–39.1 billion
1982642 million–41.4 billion
1981331 million–42 billion
1980474 million–37.4 billion
1979108 million–33.3 billion
1978142 million–39.2 billion
197790 million–37 billion
1976104 million–33 billion
1975424 million–34.2 billion
197424 million–32.9 billion
19737 million–32.6 billion
1972113 million–28.7 billion
197112 million–29.3 billion
197014 million–22.1 billion
196939 million–24.7 billion
196850 million–22.4 billion
196747 million–22.1 billion
1966159 million–22.4 billion
196556 million–23.1 billion
19642 million–24.2 billion
19639 million–18.1 billion
19628 million–15.5 billion
19611 million–15 billion
1960––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.

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