Brazil vs South Africa

Brazil vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 432 million TIV, or 15 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Brazil vs South Africa: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 432 million TIV, or 15 times that in South Africa.
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What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2009, when it overtook South Africa.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBrazilSouth AfricaWorld
2025462 million30 million33.3 billion
2024450 million–30.6 billion
2023193 million30 million29.5 billion
2022469 million30 million33 billion
2021240 million–26.8 billion
2020134 million–23.4 billion
2019125 million–26.9 billion
2018258 million–27.3 billion
201796 million–31.2 billion
2016111 million–31.4 billion
2015202 million2 million28.7 billion
2014201 million50 million27 billion
2013217 million1 million27.4 billion
2012317 million127 million27.9 billion
2011231 million208 million29.9 billion
2010256 million178 million25.8 billion
2009135 million134 million24 billion
2008178 million493 million24.1 billion
2007188 million910 million26.5 billion
2006178 million741 million24.4 billion
2005223 million262 million21.3 billion
200485 million–21.3 billion
2003110 million–19.2 billion
2002221 million–17.7 billion
2001573 million18 million18.3 billion
200086 million6 million20.5 billion
1999308 million21 million25.3 billion
1998200 million–27.9 billion
1997476 million11 million28.9 billion
1996547 million38 million23.7 billion
1995267 million38 million22.9 billion
1994311 million239 million22.8 billion
199366 million238 million25.8 billion
199298 million361 million24.3 billion
1991161 million26 million27.8 billion
1990140 million10 million28.6 billion
1989742 million11 million31.7 billion
1988125 million17 million32.9 billion
1987234 million20 million36.2 billion
1986139 million191 million35.5 billion
198582 million25 million33.2 billion
1984123 million100 million36.8 billion
198388 million192 million39.1 billion
198272 million44 million41.4 billion
198161 million122 million42 billion
1980338 million192 million37.4 billion
1979375 million125 million33.3 billion
1978832 million389 million39.2 billion
1977525 million500 million37 billion
1976551 million419 million33 billion
1975538 million235 million34.2 billion
1974256 million177 million32.9 billion
1973598 million369 million32.6 billion
1972520 million291 million28.7 billion
1971171 million309 million29.3 billion
1970217 million511 million22.1 billion
1969108 million211 million24.7 billion
1968236 million217 million22.4 billion
1967218 million299 million22.1 billion
196657 million496 million22.4 billion
1965149 million386 million23.1 billion
196425 million302 million24.2 billion
1963127 million520 million18.1 billion
196262 million232 million15.5 billion
1961212 million–15 billion
1960236 million13 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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