Nigeria vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 216 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

Spain 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	Spain	World
2025	21 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	–	214 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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