Nigeria vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, 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

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Sudan	World
2025	21 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	–	33 billion
1975	424 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	17 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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