Ghana vs South Sudan

Ghana vs South Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Ghana in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Ghana, by 30 million TIV, or 4 times that in South Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ghana vs South Sudan: Arms importsArms imports: 5 million TIV in Ghana in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Ghana, by 30 million TIV, or 4 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Ghana has been higher since 2016, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearGhanaSouth SudanWorld
20255 million–33.3 billion
202411 million–30.6 billion
20238 million–29.5 billion
202240 million10 million33 billion
2021–8 million26.8 billion
202012 million–23.4 billion
20192 million–26.9 billion
20180–27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
201622 million8 million31.4 billion
201513 million19 million28.7 billion
201417 million41 million27 billion
201352 million13 million27.4 billion
201239 million2 million27.9 billion
201176 million65 million29.9 billion
20102 million2 million25.8 billion
20096 million1 million24 billion
2008–44 million24.1 billion
200716 million37 million26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
20050–21.3 billion
200437 million–21.3 billion
20036 million–19.2 billion
20021 million–17.7 billion
200112 million–18.3 billion
20001 million–20.5 billion
19998 million–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
19975 million–28.9 billion
19967 million–23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
199411 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
19911 million–27.8 billion
19904 million–28.6 billion
19892 million–31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
198713 million–36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
19855 million–33.2 billion
1984––36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982––41.4 billion
198148 million–42 billion
198038 million–37.4 billion
19797 million–33.3 billion
197818 million–39.2 billion
1977––37 billion
197639 million–33 billion
197528 million–34.2 billion
197419 million–32.9 billion
197313 million–32.6 billion
197212 million–28.7 billion
1971––29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
19671 million–22.1 billion
196624 million–22.4 billion
196540 million–23.1 billion
196440 million–24.2 billion
19636 million–18.1 billion
196220 million–15.5 billion
1961107 million–15 billion
196012 million–15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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