Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 1.77 billion TIV, or 2.38 times that in Indonesia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Indonesia.
In 2025, Indonesia ranked 7 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Indonesia	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	1.28 billion	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	185 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	390 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	86 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	366 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	283 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	239 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	357 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	1.17 billion	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	352 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	438 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	1.2 billion	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	833 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	162 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	257 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	221 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	443 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	239 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	578 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	63 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	77 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	353 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	67 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	22 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	171 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	161 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	85 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	101 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	378 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	284 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	472 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	210 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	51 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	202 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	249 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	285 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	265 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	433 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	291 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	102 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	224 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	356 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	790 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	898 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	370 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	124 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	156 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	4 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	73 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	73 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	5 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	92 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	27 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	9 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	0	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	17 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	317 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	596 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	206 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	1.03 billion	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	780 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	448 million	6 million	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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