Japan vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.66 billion TIV, or 30 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 1971, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Japan	Sudan	World
2025	1.72 billion	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	3 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	–	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	203 million	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	–	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	790 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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