Nigeria vs Rwanda

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Arms imports

Arms imports: 21 million TIV in Nigeria in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 56 million TIV, or 2.51 times that in Rwanda.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Arms importsArms imports: 21 million TIV in Nigeria in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 56 million TIV, or 2.51 times that in Rwanda.
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What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Rwanda.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNigeriaRwandaWorld
202521 million–33.3 billion
202493 million–30.6 billion
202393 million37 million29.5 billion
202253 million17 million33 billion
2021273 million65 million26.8 billion
202084 million–23.4 billion
201918 million1 million26.9 billion
201849 million3 million27.3 billion
201742 million8 million31.2 billion
201661 million–31.4 billion
2015188 million29 million28.7 billion
2014236 million15 million27 billion
201330 million15 million27.4 billion
201228 million5 million27.9 billion
201163 million–29.9 billion
2010223 million–25.8 billion
200965 million11 million24 billion
200833 million14 million24.1 billion
200762 million20 million26.5 billion
200616 million3 million24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
200411 million–21.3 billion
200366 million–19.2 billion
20026 million–17.7 billion
20019 million–18.3 billion
200036 million15 million20.5 billion
1999–21 million25.3 billion
1998–9 million27.9 billion
19971 million3 million28.9 billion
199615 million1 million23.7 billion
19952 million–22.9 billion
199495 million–22.8 billion
199341 million–25.8 billion
199259 million5 million24.3 billion
19914 million5 million27.8 billion
199018 million3 million28.6 billion
198915 million3 million31.7 billion
198862 million2 million32.9 billion
1987115 million–36.2 billion
1986211 million2 million35.5 billion
1985569 million3 million33.2 billion
1984359 million6 million36.8 billion
198341 million4 million39.1 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 million1 million37 billion
1976104 million–33 billion
1975424 million3 million34.2 billion
197424 million1 million32.9 billion
19737 million2 million32.6 billion
1972113 million028.7 billion
197112 million029.3 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 million023.1 billion
19642 million024.2 billion
19639 million–18.1 billion
19628 million11 million15.5 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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