Tanzania vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 4 million TIV in Tanzania and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 820 million TIV, or 210 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Tanzania.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Tanzania	Netherlands	World
2025	4 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	725 million	33 billion
2021	53 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	20 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	20 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	130 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	115 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	78 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	29 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	–	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	1 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	12 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	51 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	1 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	2 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	4 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	5 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	18 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	5 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	–	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	9 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	121 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	53 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	260 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	67 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	47 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	–	285 million	33 billion
1975	48 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	185 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	121 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	51 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	60 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	11 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	4 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	–	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	227 million	15 billion
1960	–	255 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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