Nigeria vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 125 million TIV, or 6.95 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden 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	Sweden	World
2025	21 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	–	227 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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