Canada vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 197 million TIV, or 2.71 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2021, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	South Africa	World
2025	312 million	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	108 million	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	152 million	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	0	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	25 million	39 billion
1985	83 million	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	0	40 billion
1976	259 million	20 million	36 billion
1975	59 million	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	8 million	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	66 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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