Nigeria vs United States

Nigeria vs United States: Arms exports

Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Nigeria in 2022 and 14 billion TIV in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United States, by 14.5 billion TIV, or 3,600 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Nigeria vs United States: Arms exportsArms exports: 4 million TIV in Nigeria in 2022 and 14 billion TIV in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United States, by 14.5 billion TIV, or 3,600 times that in Nigeria.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNigeriaUnited StatesWorld
2025–14 billion33.5 billion
2024–13.7 billion30.7 billion
2023–10.9 billion29.5 billion
20224 million14.5 billion33.3 billion
20213 million11.6 billion27.1 billion
2020–9.73 billion24.1 billion
2019–10.5 billion27 billion
2018–9.26 billion27.4 billion
2017–11.4 billion31.3 billion
2016–9.89 billion31.5 billion
2015–10.3 billion28.7 billion
2014–9.46 billion27.1 billion
2013–7.77 billion27.4 billion
2012–8.97 billion27.9 billion
2011–9.04 billion29.9 billion
2010–8.35 billion25.8 billion
2009–7.15 billion24.4 billion
2008–7.09 billion24.1 billion
2007–7.87 billion26.5 billion
2006–7.5 billion24.5 billion
2005–6.72 billion21.4 billion
2004–6.87 billion21.3 billion
2003–5.68 billion19.2 billion
2002–4.87 billion17.7 billion
2001–5.59 billion18.5 billion
200007.68 billion20.5 billion
1999–11.6 billion25.4 billion
1998–15.8 billion27.9 billion
1997–14.5 billion28.9 billion
1996–10.8 billion23.7 billion
1995–11.2 billion22.9 billion
1994–11.5 billion23 billion
1993–13.8 billion25.8 billion
1992–14.1 billion24.3 billion
1991–12.6 billion28.2 billion
19903 million10.7 billion30.2 billion
19892 million11.4 billion34.9 billion
1988–12 billion36.8 billion
1987–12.2 billion39.4 billion
1986–11.6 billion39 billion
1985–10.8 billion38.2 billion
1984–11.9 billion41.6 billion
1983–13.8 billion43.9 billion
1982–14 billion46.2 billion
1981–13.7 billion45.8 billion
1980–10.7 billion42.2 billion
1979–9.79 billion38.4 billion
1978–13.5 billion42.4 billion
1977–14.3 billion40 billion
1976–15.7 billion36 billion
1975–15.3 billion37.2 billion
1974–12.7 billion36.6 billion
1973–12 billion36.3 billion
1972–10.7 billion34.5 billion
1971–11.6 billion32.9 billion
1970–8.35 billion25.3 billion
1969–11.6 billion28.1 billion
1968–8.62 billion26.1 billion
1967–7.44 billion25.6 billion
1966–8.94 billion25.8 billion
1965–12 billion25.8 billion
1964–12.5 billion26.7 billion
1963–9.43 billion20.3 billion
1962–6.13 billion17.5 billion
1961–6.29 billion16.4 billion
1960–6.13 billion17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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