India vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 34 million TIV, or 1.42 times that in India.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2021, when it overtook India.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	South Africa	World
2025	81 million	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	94 million	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	7 million	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	54 million	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	153 million	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	20 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	47 million	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	56 million	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	49 million	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	42 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	18 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	3 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	27 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	15 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	23 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	33 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	19 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	31 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	4 million	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	0	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	2 million	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	–	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	2 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	9 million	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	7 million	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	7 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	–	0	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	–	25 million	39 billion
1985	–	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	–	41.6 billion
1983	–	–	43.9 billion
1982	2 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	–	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	27 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	0	40 billion
1976	–	20 million	36 billion
1975	31 million	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	24 million	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	21 million	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	2 million	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	1 million	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	8 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	–	17.5 billion
1961	–	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	27 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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