China vs Nigeria: Arms imports
Arms imports over time
- China
- Nigeria
How they compare
China currently reports 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 67.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Nigeria, a difference of 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
Globally, China ranks 50th and Nigeria ranks 52nd of 172 countries.
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About this data
Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.