Nigeria vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 803 million TIV, or 39 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Netherlands	World
2025	21 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	–	255 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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