Côte d’Ivoire vs Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 15 million TIV in Côte d’Ivoire and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 42 million TIV, or 3.8 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d’Ivoire | 15 million 2025 | 5 million | 76 of 110 |
| Sudan | 57 million 2025 | 136 million | 54 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 7 million | 50 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 70 million | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 22 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 7 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 3 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 15 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 10 million | 35 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 14 million | 66 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 110 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 5 million | 136 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 6 million | 70 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 119 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 191 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 196 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 100 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 120 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 58 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 112 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 113 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 9 million | 294 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 61 million | 205 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | 50 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 106 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 2 million | 36 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | 63 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 27 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 0 | 6 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 46 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 2 million | 16 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 77 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 122 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 10 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 66 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | 106 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 90 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 19 million | 203 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 56 million | 3 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 38 million | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 15 million | 208 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 22 million | 29 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 5 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 18 million | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 23 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 69 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 17 million | 87 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 7 million | 598 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 2 million | 177 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 26 million | 13 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 3 million | 6 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | 10 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 36 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1 million | 17 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1 million | 34 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 3 million | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 6 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time