Cameroon vs South Sudan

Cameroon vs South Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 8 million TIV, or 5 times that in Cameroon.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Cameroon vs South Sudan: Arms importsArms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 8 million TIV, or 5 times that in Cameroon.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCameroonSouth SudanWorld
2025––33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
20232 million–29.5 billion
20222 million10 million33 billion
20214 million8 million26.8 billion
20202 million–23.4 billion
20194 million–26.9 billion
20182 million–27.3 billion
20178 million–31.2 billion
201623 million8 million31.4 billion
201510 million19 million28.7 billion
2014124 million41 million27 billion
2013139 million13 million27.4 billion
20129 million2 million27.9 billion
2011–65 million29.9 billion
201010 million2 million25.8 billion
2009–1 million24 billion
20081 million44 million24.1 billion
2007–37 million26.5 billion
20063 million–24.4 billion
20055 million–21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
200210 million–17.7 billion
20016 million–18.3 billion
2000––20.5 billion
19994 million–25.3 billion
19989 million–27.9 billion
19976 million–28.9 billion
19965 million–23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
19923 million–24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
19908 million–28.6 billion
19893 million–31.7 billion
19882 million–32.9 billion
19875 million–36.2 billion
198611 million–35.5 billion
198516 million–33.2 billion
1984125 million–36.8 billion
19835 million–39.1 billion
1982113 million–41.4 billion
198128 million–42 billion
1980––37.4 billion
19791 million–33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
197773 million–37 billion
197629 million–33 billion
1975––34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
197315 million–32.6 billion
19721 million–28.7 billion
19718 million–29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
19683 million–22.4 billion
19673 million–22.1 billion
19662 million–22.4 billion
19652 million–23.1 billion
19640–24.2 billion
19632 million–18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
19610–15 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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