Algeria vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Algeria and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.93 billion TIV, or 28 times that in Algeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Algeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Algeria	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	108 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	205 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	394 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	450 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	164 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	601 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	167 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1.28 billion	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	1.16 billion	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	2.92 billion	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	897 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	715 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	361 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	662 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.13 billion	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	831 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.08 billion	828 million	24 billion
2008	1.52 billion	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	507 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	340 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	159 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	251 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	204 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	252 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	539 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	405 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	388 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	98 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	37 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	83 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	312 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	197 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	22 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	23 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	737 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	455 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	319 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	384 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	163 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	368 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	700 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	1.35 billion	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.38 billion	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	1.34 billion	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.82 billion	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.27 billion	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.05 billion	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	130 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	56 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	13 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	110 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	180 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	58 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	525 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	439 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	354 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	181 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	90 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	63 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	7 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	–	6 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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