Nigeria vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 588 million TIV, or 29 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2015, 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 Kingdom	World
2025	21 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	–	26 million	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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