Tanzania vs Zambia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 4 million TIV in Tanzania in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 33 million TIV, or 2.65 times that in Zambia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Tanzania has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Zambia.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Tanzania	Zambia	World
2025	4 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	–	1 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	5 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	2 million	33 billion
2021	53 million	20 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	43 million	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	46 million	31.2 billion
2016	20 million	44 million	31.4 billion
2015	20 million	15 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	–	27 billion
2013	130 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	115 million	61 million	27.9 billion
2011	78 million	1 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	–	25.8 billion
2009	29 million	–	24 billion
2008	–	2 million	24.1 billion
2007	1 million	5 million	26.5 billion
2006	12 million	30 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	0	21.3 billion
2004	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	51 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	1 million	2 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.3 billion
2000	2 million	43 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	–	28.9 billion
1996	4 million	8 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	–	22.9 billion
1994	5 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	18 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	–	–	28.6 billion
1989	5 million	–	31.7 billion
1988	–	–	32.9 billion
1987	–	–	36.2 billion
1986	1 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	–	–	33.2 billion
1984	–	18 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	–	39.1 billion
1982	9 million	43 million	41.4 billion
1981	121 million	253 million	42 billion
1980	53 million	136 million	37.4 billion
1979	260 million	4 million	33.3 billion
1978	67 million	42 million	39.2 billion
1977	47 million	41 million	37 billion
1976	–	109 million	33 billion
1975	48 million	48 million	34.2 billion
1974	185 million	9 million	32.9 billion
1973	121 million	19 million	32.6 billion
1972	51 million	29 million	28.7 billion
1971	60 million	165 million	29.3 billion
1970	11 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	7 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1965	4 million	16 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	7 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	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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