Nigeria vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 847 million TIV, or 41 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	21 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	–	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	2 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

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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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