Nigeria vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 201 million TIV, or 11 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	South Korea	World
2025	21 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	–	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	104 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	–	122 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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