Nigeria vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 12 million TIV, or 1.57 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand 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	Thailand	World
2025	21 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	–	28 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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