Germany vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.6 billion TIV, or 54 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2012, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Germany	South Africa	World
2025	1.63 billion	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	500 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	419 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	–	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	13 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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