Italy vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1.92 billion TIV in Italy and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.81 billion TIV, or 17 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Italy	South Africa	World
2025	1.92 billion	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.21 billion	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	1.37 billion	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.71 billion	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	1.63 billion	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	821 million	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	372 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	535 million	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	703 million	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	616 million	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	671 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	688 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	884 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	789 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	964 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	577 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	512 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	433 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	700 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	538 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	832 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	261 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	359 million	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	474 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	267 million	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	205 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	516 million	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	423 million	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	447 million	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	287 million	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	301 million	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	208 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	342 million	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	249 million	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	354 million	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	200 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	316 million	0	34.9 billion
1988	389 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	626 million	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	223 million	25 million	39 billion
1985	868 million	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	1.23 billion	–	41.6 billion
1983	1.11 billion	–	43.9 billion
1982	1.67 billion	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	1.7 billion	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	1.16 billion	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	1.31 billion	–	38.4 billion
1978	665 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	505 million	0	40 billion
1976	523 million	20 million	36 billion
1975	520 million	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	409 million	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	328 million	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	284 million	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	383 million	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	280 million	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	325 million	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	197 million	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	144 million	8 million	25.6 billion
1966	243 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	296 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	385 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	241 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	262 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	246 million	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	105 million	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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