Guyana vs Suriname: Arms imports

Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Guyana in 2025 and 12 million TIV in Suriname in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Suriname, by 3 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Guyana.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Suriname has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Guyana.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Guyana	Suriname	World
2025	5 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	9 million	12 million	30.6 billion
2023	5 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	–	–	33 billion
2021	5 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	–	–	23.4 billion
2019	2 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	0	–	27.3 billion
2017	–	–	31.2 billion
2016	–	–	31.4 billion
2015	–	3 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	–	27 billion
2013	–	7 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	0	27.9 billion
2011	–	–	29.9 billion
2010	–	–	25.8 billion
2009	–	–	24 billion
2008	0	–	24.1 billion
2007	–	–	26.5 billion
2006	–	–	24.4 billion
2005	–	–	21.3 billion
2004	0	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	3 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	7 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	2 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	–	28.9 billion
1996	–	–	23.7 billion
1995	–	–	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	–	–	28.6 billion
1989	–	–	31.7 billion
1988	–	–	32.9 billion
1987	–	2 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	5 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	7 million	8 million	36.8 billion
1983	3 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	–	2 million	41.4 billion
1981	14 million	0	42 billion
1980	4 million	–	37.4 billion
1979	5 million	–	33.3 billion
1978	1 million	–	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	10 million	37 billion
1976	16 million	5 million	33 billion
1975	0	0	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	–	–	32.6 billion
1972	–	–	28.7 billion
1971	2 million	–	29.3 billion
1970	–	–	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	0	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	–	22.1 billion
1966	–	–	22.4 billion
1965	–	–	23.1 billion
1964	–	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	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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