Indonesia vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.25 billion TIV, or 43 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Indonesia has been higher since 2009, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Indonesia	South Africa	World
2025	1.28 billion	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	185 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	390 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	86 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	366 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	283 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	239 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	357 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	1.17 billion	–	31.2 billion
2016	352 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	438 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.2 billion	50 million	27 billion
2013	833 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	162 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	257 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	221 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	443 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	239 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	578 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	63 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	77 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	353 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	67 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	22 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	171 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	161 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	85 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	101 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	378 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	284 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	472 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	210 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	51 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	202 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	249 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	285 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	265 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	433 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	291 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	102 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	224 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	356 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	790 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	898 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	370 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	124 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	156 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	4 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	73 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	73 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	5 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	92 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	27 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	9 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	0	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	17 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	317 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	596 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	206 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.03 billion	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	780 million	–	15 billion
1960	448 million	13 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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