Nigeria vs Thailand: Arms imports

Nigeria
67.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Thailand
73.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Nigeria rank
52nd
Thailand rank
49th

Arms imports over time

  • Nigeria
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Thailand currently reports 73.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 67.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Nigeria, a difference of 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Thailand ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 52nd and Thailand ranks 49th 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.