Nigeria vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 724 million TIV, or 35 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1983, 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 States	World
2025	21 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	–	181 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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