Burkina Faso vs South Sudan

Burkina Faso vs South Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 2 million TIV, or 1.2 times that in South Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Burkina Faso vs South Sudan: Arms importsArms imports: 34 million TIV in Burkina Faso in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 2 million TIV, or 1.2 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Burkina Faso has been higher since 2021, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBurkina FasoSouth SudanWorld
202534 million–33.3 billion
202437 million–30.6 billion
202319 million–29.5 billion
202212 million10 million33 billion
202126 million8 million26.8 billion
20203 million–23.4 billion
20197 million–26.9 billion
201824 million–27.3 billion
20172 million–31.2 billion
20167 million8 million31.4 billion
20155 million19 million28.7 billion
2014–41 million27 billion
2013–13 million27.4 billion
20123 million2 million27.9 billion
201116 million65 million29.9 billion
201002 million25.8 billion
20093 million1 million24 billion
2008–44 million24.1 billion
20074 million37 million26.5 billion
20064 million–24.4 billion
200512 million–21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000––20.5 billion
19990–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
19937 million–25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
19914 million–27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
198812 million–32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
19863 million–35.5 billion
19852 million–33.2 billion
19849 million–36.8 billion
198316 million–39.1 billion
19821 million–41.4 billion
19819 million–42 billion
19800–37.4 billion
1979––33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
19779 million–37 billion
19768 million–33 billion
197514 million–34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
1972––28.7 billion
19711 million–29.3 billion
19701 million–22.1 billion
19691 million–24.7 billion
19680–22.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
19660–22.4 billion
19650–23.1 billion
19641 million–24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
19611 million–15 billion
1960––15.7 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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