France vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.81 billion TIV, or 13 times that in France.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2002, when it overtook France.
In 2025, France ranked 34 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	France	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	236 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	105 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	104 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	70 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	186 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	45 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	526 million	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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