Italy vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 536 million TIV, or 19 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 since 2011, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Italy	South Africa	World
2025	566 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	494 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	425 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	237 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	211 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	201 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	178 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	275 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	709 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	734 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	237 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	127 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	71 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	189 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	286 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	98 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	94 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	159 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	467 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	136 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	490 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	617 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	240 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	234 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	278 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	25 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	56 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	474 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	265 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	322 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	180 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	205 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	192 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	210 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	155 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	196 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	183 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	198 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	205 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	273 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	303 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	241 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	129 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	468 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	591 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	682 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	517 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	711 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	1.02 billion	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.12 billion	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.02 billion	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.77 billion	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.1 billion	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	685 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	611 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	196 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	107 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	412 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	736 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.14 billion	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.22 billion	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	886 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	427 million	–	15 billion
1960	409 million	13 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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