Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita

Nigeria
0.2879 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.2776 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2016
Nigeria rank
150th
Sierra Leone rank
151st

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita over time

  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
051015196119922024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.2879 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 0.2776 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0103 SIPRI trend indicator values per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Nigeria ranks 150th and Sierra Leone ranks 151st of 172 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 1.25 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 3.58 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 2.32 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Sierra Leone
1980s 3.14 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 4.67 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.52 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Sierra Leone
1990s 0.3708 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 2.26 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.89 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Sierra Leone
2000s 0.1073 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.49 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Sierra Leone
2010s 0.3981 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.1763 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.2217 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita, Nigeria or Sierra Leone?
Nigeria, at 0.2879 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 0.2776 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
0.0103 SIPRI trend indicator values per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
17 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2016.
How do Nigeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita?
Nigeria ranks 150th and Sierra Leone ranks 151st of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.