Rwanda vs Tanzania

Rwanda vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports: 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023 and 4 million TIV in Tanzania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 12 million TIV, or 1.23 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Rwanda vs Tanzania: Arms importsArms imports: 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023 and 4 million TIV in Tanzania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 12 million TIV, or 1.23 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearRwandaTanzaniaWorld
2025–4 million33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
202337 million–29.5 billion
202217 million–33 billion
202165 million53 million26.8 billion
2020–9 million23.4 billion
20191 million–26.9 billion
20183 million17 million27.3 billion
20178 million2 million31.2 billion
2016–20 million31.4 billion
201529 million20 million28.7 billion
201415 million14 million27 billion
201315 million130 million27.4 billion
20125 million115 million27.9 billion
2011–78 million29.9 billion
2010––25.8 billion
200911 million29 million24 billion
200814 million–24.1 billion
200720 million1 million26.5 billion
20063 million12 million24.4 billion
2005–10 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003–51 million19.2 billion
2002–1 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
200015 million2 million20.5 billion
199921 million–25.3 billion
19989 million–27.9 billion
19973 million–28.9 billion
19961 million4 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994–5 million22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19925 million18 million24.3 billion
19915 million–27.8 billion
19903 million–28.6 billion
19893 million5 million31.7 billion
19882 million–32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
19862 million1 million35.5 billion
19853 million–33.2 billion
19846 million–36.8 billion
19834 million–39.1 billion
1982–9 million41.4 billion
1981–121 million42 billion
1980–53 million37.4 billion
1979–260 million33.3 billion
1978–67 million39.2 billion
19771 million47 million37 billion
1976––33 billion
19753 million48 million34.2 billion
19741 million185 million32.9 billion
19732 million121 million32.6 billion
1972051 million28.7 billion
1971060 million29.3 billion
1970–11 million22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
1967–1 million22.1 billion
1966–22 million22.4 billion
196504 million23.1 billion
196404 million24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
196211 million–15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––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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