Arms imports in Nigeria

Arms imports in Nigeria: 1 million TIV in 1961 and 21 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025: 21 million TIV
Since 1961: +20 million TIV
World, 2025: 33.3 billion TIV

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Estimates, SIPRIWorld

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The highest was 642 million TIV in 1982, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1961.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nigeria	World
2025	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	53 million	33 billion
2021	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	236 million	27 billion
2013	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	24 billion
2008	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	25.3 billion
1998	–	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	331 million	42 billion
1980	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	37 billion
1976	104 million	33 billion
1975	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	1 million	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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