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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 5 million 2025 | 13 million | 90 of 110 |
| South Sudan | 10 million 2022 | 2 million | — |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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
| Year | Ghana | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 11 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 8 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 40 million | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 8 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 12 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 2 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 22 million | 8 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 13 million | 19 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 41 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 52 million | 13 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 39 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 76 million | 65 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2 million | 2 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 6 million | 1 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 44 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 16 million | 37 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 37 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 12 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 1 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 8 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 5 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 7 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 11 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 4 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 2 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 13 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 5 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 48 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 38 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 7 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 18 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 39 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 28 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 19 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 13 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 12 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 24 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 40 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 40 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 6 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 20 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 107 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 12 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time