Tanzania vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 4 million TIV in Tanzania and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 173 million TIV, or 44 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Tanzania.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Tanzania	Vietnam	World
2025	4 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	86 million	33 billion
2021	53 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	20 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	20 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	130 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	115 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	78 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	–	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	29 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	–	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	1 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	12 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	51 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	1 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	2 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	4 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	5 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	18 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	–	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	5 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	9 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	121 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	53 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	260 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	67 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	47 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	–	42 million	33 billion
1975	48 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	185 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	121 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	51 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	60 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	11 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	–	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	4 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	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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