Germany vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.58 billion TIV, or 29 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Germany	Sudan	World
2025	1.63 billion	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	29 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	–	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	17 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 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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