China vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 150 million TIV, or 3.63 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Sudan	World
2025	207 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	70 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	100 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	–	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	203 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	–	33 billion
1975	1 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	6 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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