Arms imports — all countries

Arms imports — Somalia

Arms imports in Somalia in 2024 — 4,000,000 M TIV. Ranked 100 in the world out of 111. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.6%.

2024 4,000,000 M TIV +0% vs 2023
World rank 100of 111
Period maximum 283,000,000 M TIV1974
Period minimum 0 M TIV1962

Trend over time

1960–2024 · million TIV (constant 1990 prices)

Arms imports — Somalia, 1960–20240100,000,000200,000,000300,000,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11,000,000 M TIV1961: 2,000,000 M TIV1962: 0 M TIV1963: 11,000,000 M TIV1965: 31,000,000 M TIV1966: 53,000,000 M TIV1967: 72,000,000 M TIV1968: 4,000,000 M TIV1969: 1,000,000 M TIV1972: 24,000,000 M TIV1973: 165,000,000 M TIV1974: 283,000,000 M TIV1975: 128,000,000 M TIV1976: 185,000,000 M TIV1977: 44,000,000 M TIV1978: 57,000,000 M TIV1979: 48,000,000 M TIV1980: 122,000,000 M TIV1981: 97,000,000 M TIV1982: 61,000,000 M TIV1983: 23,000,000 M TIV1984: 15,000,000 M TIV1985: 42,000,000 M TIV1986: 15,000,000 M TIV1990: 16,000,000 M TIV1999: 1,000,000 M TIV2013: 3,000,000 M TIV2015: 1,000,000 M TIV2016: 2,000,000 M TIV2017: 2,000,000 M TIV2019: 8,000,000 M TIV2020: 2,000,000 M TIV2021: 2,000,000 M TIV2023: 4,000,000 M TIV2024: 4,000,000 M TIV
Change over the period: −7,000,000 (−63.64%) Average annual rate: -1.57 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Somalia

Somalia 4,000,000 M TIV
World 28,815,000,000 M TIV
Arms imports — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year M TIV Change Change, %
2024 4,000,000 +0 +0%
2023 4,000,000
2021 2,000,000 +0 +0%
2020 2,000,000 −6,000,000 −75%
2019 8,000,000
2017 2,000,000 +0 +0%
2016 2,000,000 +1,000,000 +100%
2015 1,000,000
2013 3,000,000
1999 1,000,000
1990 16,000,000
1986 15,000,000 −27,000,000 −64.29%
1985 42,000,000 +27,000,000 +180%
1984 15,000,000 −8,000,000 −34.78%
1983 23,000,000 −38,000,000 −62.3%
1982 61,000,000 −36,000,000 −37.11%
1981 97,000,000 −25,000,000 −20.49%
1980 122,000,000 +74,000,000 +154.17%
1979 48,000,000 −9,000,000 −15.79%
1978 57,000,000 +13,000,000 +29.55%
1977 44,000,000 −141,000,000 −76.22%
1976 185,000,000 +57,000,000 +44.53%
1975 128,000,000 −155,000,000 −54.77%
1974 283,000,000 +118,000,000 +71.52%
1973 165,000,000 +141,000,000 +587.5%
1972 24,000,000
1969 1,000,000 −3,000,000 −75%
1968 4,000,000 −68,000,000 −94.44%
1967 72,000,000 +19,000,000 +35.85%
1966 53,000,000 +22,000,000 +70.97%
1965 31,000,000
1963 11,000,000 +11,000,000
1962 0 −2,000,000 −100%
1961 2,000,000 −9,000,000 −81.82%
1960 11,000,000

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Transfers of major conventional weapons into the country, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV) in constant 1990 prices. The indicator reflects dependence on arms supplies from abroad: countries with a developed defense industry have low imports alongside high military expenditure.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.