Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3.02 billion TIV, or 140 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	21 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	273 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	30 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	474 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	104 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	–	6 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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