Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia
Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia: Arms exports
Arms exports: 17 million TIV in Indonesia in 2021 and 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 80 million TIV, or 17 times that in Saudi Arabia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
- The world as a whole: 31.5 billion TIV in 2016.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Indonesia | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 3 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 17 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 15 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 94 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 85 million | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 3 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 4 million | 58 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 9 million | 18 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 9 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 27 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 54 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 18 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 54 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 27 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 18 million | 12 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 8 million | 4 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 6 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 33 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 4 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 5 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 9 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 13 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 0 | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 12 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 3 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 4 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 7 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025