Nigeria vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 36 million TIV, or 2.71 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Singapore 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	Singapore	World
2025	21 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	33 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	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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