Ethiopia vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Ethiopia
48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Tanzania
52.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2021
Ethiopia rank
66th
Tanzania rank
63rd

Arms imports over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 52.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Ethiopia, a difference of 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Tanzania ahead.

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 66th and Tanzania ranks 63rd of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.