Nigeria vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 360 million TIV, or 18 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Türkiye	World
2025	21 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	187 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	30 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	293 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	–	581 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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