Nigeria vs Uganda: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 19 million TIV, or 11 times that in Uganda.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Uganda.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Uganda	World
2025	21 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	16 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	66 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	8 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	23 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	10 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	22 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	1 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	2 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	213 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	468 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	37 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	28 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	14 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	0	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	5 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	10 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	36 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	33 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	39 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	55 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	32 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	20 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	32 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	10 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	14 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	–	42 billion
1980	474 million	–	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	–	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	–	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	7 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	34 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	123 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	46 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	17 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	20 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	3 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	3 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	16 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	27 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	3 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	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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