Nigeria vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 21 million TIV in Nigeria in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 60 million TIV, or 2.82 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Switzerland	World
2025	21 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	–	218 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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