Brazil vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 153 million TIV in Brazil and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 38 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2024, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	South Africa	World
2025	153 million	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	112 million	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	54 million	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	10 million	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	86 million	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	164 million	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	21 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	102 million	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	36 million	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	134 million	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	53 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	31 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	31 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	32 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	147 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	44 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	93 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	54 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	44 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	1 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	46 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	18 million	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	27 million	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	54 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	40 million	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	99 million	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	129 million	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	108 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	53 million	0	34.9 billion
1988	208 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	216 million	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	140 million	25 million	39 billion
1985	209 million	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	280 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	204 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	128 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	71 million	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	160 million	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	80 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	204 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	156 million	0	40 billion
1976	76 million	20 million	36 billion
1975	69 million	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	12 million	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	18 million	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	8 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	–	17.5 billion
1961	12 million	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	2 million	27 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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