Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports

Malawi
19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2022
Zimbabwe
20.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2023
Malawi rank
86th
Zimbabwe rank
85th

Arms imports over time

  • Malawi
  • Zimbabwe
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M196019912023

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 20.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Malawi, a difference of 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 86th and Zimbabwe ranks 85th 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.