Nigeria vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Nigeria and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 156 million TIV, or 8.43 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	Vietnam	World
2025	21 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	30 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	273 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	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	474 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	–	103 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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