Cameroon vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 30 million TIV in South Africa in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Africa, by 28 million TIV, or 15 times that in Cameroon.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Cameroon.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Cameroon	South Africa	World
2025	–	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	–	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	2 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	4 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	2 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	8 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	23 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	124 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	139 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	9 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	10 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	134 million	24 billion
2008	1 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	10 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	4 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	9 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	6 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	5 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	3 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	8 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	3 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	16 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	125 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	5 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	113 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	–	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	–	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	73 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	29 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	–	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	15 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	8 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	3 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	3 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	2 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	2 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	0	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	0	–	15 billion
1960	–	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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