Liberia: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

Key figures

Since 1964 it is down 100% from 2 million in 1964. The World Bank has no value for 45 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2025, Liberia had the 104th highest value of the 105 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Liberia in the 2025 ranking

• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 101st of 105: 1 million
• Haiti — 102nd of 105: 1 million
• Uruguay — 103rd of 105: 1 million
• Namibia — 105th of 105: 0

What this measures

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.

Limitations: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 17 values

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies

• Angola — 84 million (2025)
• Benin — 4 million (2025)
• Botswana — 11 million (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 34 million (2025)
• Burundi — 2 million (2019)
• Cameroon — 2 million (2023)
• Central African Republic — 43 million (2023)
• Chad — 4 million (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 44 million (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 9 million (2024)

More public sector data for Liberia

• Military expenditure (current USD) — 44.21 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 44.21 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.85% (2025)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 2,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 0.09% (2020)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 3.89% (2025)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 60 (2024)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) — 71.63 (2024)
• CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high)

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Questions people ask

What is Liberia's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?

0 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1964?

It is down 100% from 2 million in 1964. The highest value was 18 million in 1967 and the lowest 0 in 2025.

How does Liberia rank?

104th highest of 105 economies with data for 2025.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.MPRT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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