Nigeria vs Zimbabwe

Nigeria vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports

Arms imports: 21 million TIV in Nigeria in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 73 million TIV, or 4.65 times that in Zimbabwe.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Nigeria vs Zimbabwe: Arms importsArms imports: 21 million TIV in Nigeria in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 73 million TIV, or 4.65 times that in Zimbabwe.
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What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNigeriaZimbabweWorld
202521 million–33.3 billion
202493 million–30.6 billion
202393 million20 million29.5 billion
202253 million–33 billion
2021273 million–26.8 billion
202084 million–23.4 billion
201918 million–26.9 billion
201849 million–27.3 billion
201742 million–31.2 billion
201661 million–31.4 billion
2015188 million–28.7 billion
2014236 million–27 billion
201330 million–27.4 billion
201228 million–27.9 billion
201163 million–29.9 billion
2010223 million–25.8 billion
200965 million–24 billion
200833 million–24.1 billion
200762 million–26.5 billion
200616 million25 million24.4 billion
2005–25 million21.3 billion
200411 million14 million21.3 billion
200366 million16 million19.2 billion
20026 million–17.7 billion
20019 million10 million18.3 billion
200036 million8 million20.5 billion
1999–25 million25.3 billion
1998–1 million27.9 billion
19971 million–28.9 billion
199615 million–23.7 billion
19952 million–22.9 billion
199495 million–22.8 billion
199341 million025.8 billion
199259 million63 million24.3 billion
19914 million47 million27.8 billion
199018 million2 million28.6 billion
198915 million–31.7 billion
198862 million2 million32.9 billion
1987115 million29 million36.2 billion
1986211 million212 million35.5 billion
1985569 million28 million33.2 billion
1984359 million33 million36.8 billion
198341 million34 million39.1 billion
1982642 million81 million41.4 billion
1981331 million15 million42 billion
1980474 million–37.4 billion
1979108 million–33.3 billion
1978142 million16 million39.2 billion
197790 million4 million37 billion
1976104 million20 million33 billion
1975424 million42 million34.2 billion
197424 million2 million32.9 billion
19737 million032.6 billion
1972113 million21 million28.7 billion
197112 million5 million29.3 billion
197014 million–22.1 billion
196939 million–24.7 billion
196850 million–22.4 billion
196747 million21 million22.1 billion
1966159 million–22.4 billion
196556 million–23.1 billion
19642 million–24.2 billion
19639 million20 million18.1 billion
19628 million16 million15.5 billion
19611 million–15 billion
1960–15 million15.7 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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