Canada vs South Africa

Canada vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 53 million TIV, or 2.77 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs South Africa: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 53 million TIV, or 2.77 times that in South Africa.
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What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2010, when it overtook South Africa.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCanadaSouth AfricaWorld
202583 million30 million33.3 billion
2024198 million–30.6 billion
202373 million30 million29.5 billion
2022214 million30 million33 billion
2021357 million–26.8 billion
2020248 million–23.4 billion
2019187 million–26.9 billion
2018185 million–27.3 billion
2017354 million–31.2 billion
2016246 million–31.4 billion
2015408 million2 million28.7 billion
2014316 million50 million27 billion
2013202 million1 million27.4 billion
2012207 million127 million27.9 billion
2011356 million208 million29.9 billion
2010242 million178 million25.8 billion
2009104 million134 million24 billion
2008423 million493 million24.1 billion
2007478 million910 million26.5 billion
200697 million741 million24.4 billion
2005106 million262 million21.3 billion
2004341 million–21.3 billion
2003140 million–19.2 billion
2002418 million–17.7 billion
2001520 million18 million18.3 billion
2000529 million6 million20.5 billion
1999143 million21 million25.3 billion
1998111 million–27.9 billion
1997353 million11 million28.9 billion
1996419 million38 million23.7 billion
1995405 million38 million22.9 billion
1994473 million239 million22.8 billion
1993196 million238 million25.8 billion
1992407 million361 million24.3 billion
1991767 million26 million27.8 billion
1990157 million10 million28.6 billion
198937 million11 million31.7 billion
1988712 million17 million32.9 billion
1987787 million20 million36.2 billion
1986849 million191 million35.5 billion
1985848 million25 million33.2 billion
1984654 million100 million36.8 billion
1983649 million192 million39.1 billion
1982277 million44 million41.4 billion
1981453 million122 million42 billion
1980442 million192 million37.4 billion
1979193 million125 million33.3 billion
1978130 million389 million39.2 billion
197790 million500 million37 billion
197653 million419 million33 billion
1975195 million235 million34.2 billion
1974229 million177 million32.9 billion
197378 million369 million32.6 billion
1972376 million291 million28.7 billion
1971457 million309 million29.3 billion
1970623 million511 million22.1 billion
1969516 million211 million24.7 billion
1968336 million217 million22.4 billion
1967237 million299 million22.1 billion
1966306 million496 million22.4 billion
1965563 million386 million23.1 billion
1964742 million302 million24.2 billion
19631.01 billion520 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion232 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion–15 billion
1960171 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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