Argentina vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 78 million TIV, or 3.6 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	South Africa	World
2025	108 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	–	15 billion
1960	111 million	13 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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