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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 million 2025 | 188 million | 72 of 110 |
| Switzerland | 33 million 2023 | — | — |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time