France vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 206 million TIV, or 7.87 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France has been higher since 2015, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	France	South Africa	World
2025	236 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	104 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	186 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	45 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	–	15 billion
1960	526 million	13 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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