Botswana

Arms imports in Botswana

Arms imports in Botswana: 1 million TIV in 1977 and 11 million TIV in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2024
11 million TIV
Since 1977
+10 million TIV
World, 2024
30.6 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in BotswanaArms imports in Botswana: 1 million TIV in 1977 and 11 million TIV in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 76 million TIV in 2020, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1977.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 76 million TIV in 2020, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1977.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBotswanaWorld
2025–33.3 billion
202411 million30.6 billion
20231 million29.5 billion
202211 million33 billion
202116 million26.8 billion
202076 million23.4 billion
20197 million26.9 billion
20185 million27.3 billion
2017–31.2 billion
20165 million31.4 billion
2015–28.7 billion
2014–27 billion
20138 million27.4 billion
20126 million27.9 billion
2011–29.9 billion
201010 million25.8 billion
200910 million24 billion
2008–24.1 billion
2007–26.5 billion
2006–24.4 billion
2005–21.3 billion
200410 million21.3 billion
200311 million19.2 billion
20021 million17.7 billion
200115 million18.3 billion
200054 million20.5 billion
1999–25.3 billion
19982 million27.9 billion
199771 million28.9 billion
199632 million23.7 billion
199512 million22.9 billion
1994–22.8 billion
199311 million25.8 billion
19922 million24.3 billion
19912 million27.8 billion
199022 million28.6 billion
19894 million31.7 billion
198840 million32.9 billion
198726 million36.2 billion
1986–35.5 billion
19855 million33.2 billion
1984–36.8 billion
1983–39.1 billion
1982–41.4 billion
198111 million42 billion
19802 million37.4 billion
19797 million33.3 billion
19781 million39.2 billion
19771 million37 billion
1976–33 billion
1975–34.2 billion
1974–32.9 billion
1973–32.6 billion
1972–28.7 billion
1971–29.3 billion
1970–22.1 billion
1969–24.7 billion
1968–22.4 billion
1967–22.1 billion
1966–22.4 billion
1965–23.1 billion
1964–24.2 billion
1963–18.1 billion
1962–15.5 billion
1961–15 billion
1960–15.7 billion

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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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