Ethiopia

Arms imports in Ethiopia

Arms imports in Ethiopia: 24 million TIV in 1960 and 63 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
63 million TIV
Since 1960
+39 million TIV
Rank, 2025
53 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in EthiopiaArms imports in Ethiopia: 24 million TIV in 1960 and 63 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 1.13 billion TIV in 1977, the lowest 2 million TIV in 1990.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 1.13 billion TIV in 1977, the lowest 2 million TIV in 1990.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaWorld
202563 million33.3 billion
202448 million30.6 billion
20232 million29.5 billion
202245 million33 billion
202116 million26.8 billion
202025 million23.4 billion
201976 million26.9 billion
201814 million27.3 billion
201751 million31.2 billion
201655 million31.4 billion
201510 million28.7 billion
201433 million27 billion
2013154 million27.4 billion
2012193 million27.9 billion
201176 million29.9 billion
201058 million25.8 billion
2009–24 billion
2008–24.1 billion
2007–26.5 billion
2006–24.4 billion
2005–21.3 billion
2004239 million21.3 billion
2003174 million19.2 billion
200220 million17.7 billion
2001–18.3 billion
2000114 million20.5 billion
1999152 million25.3 billion
1998208 million27.9 billion
199769 million28.9 billion
1996–23.7 billion
1995–22.9 billion
1994–22.8 billion
1993–25.8 billion
1992–24.3 billion
199180 million27.8 billion
19902 million28.6 billion
198947 million31.7 billion
1988155 million32.9 billion
1987239 million36.2 billion
1986348 million35.5 billion
1985268 million33.2 billion
1984228 million36.8 billion
1983403 million39.1 billion
1982516 million41.4 billion
1981328 million42 billion
1980330 million37.4 billion
1979113 million33.3 billion
1978965 million39.2 billion
19771.13 billion37 billion
1976113 million33 billion
197558 million34.2 billion
197436 million32.9 billion
19735 million32.6 billion
197253 million28.7 billion
197154 million29.3 billion
197090 million22.1 billion
196924 million24.7 billion
196834 million22.4 billion
196731 million22.1 billion
196699 million22.4 billion
196514 million23.1 billion
19644 million24.2 billion
196327 million18.1 billion
196221 million15.5 billion
19614 million15 billion
196024 million15.7 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.
  • 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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