Tanzania vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 4 million TIV in Tanzania and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 864 million TIV, or 220 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Tanzania.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Tanzania	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	4 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	–	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	756 million	33 billion
2021	53 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	20 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	20 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	130 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	115 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	78 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	–	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	29 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	–	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	1 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	12 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	–	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	51 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	1 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	2 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	4 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	5 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	18 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	5 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	9 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	121 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	53 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	260 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	67 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	47 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	–	275 million	33 billion
1975	48 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	185 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	121 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	51 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	60 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	11 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	4 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	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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Deaths in conflictsTanzania: 1 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022