Jordan vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 34 million TIV in Jordan in 2024 and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 1.2 billion TIV, or 36 times that in Jordan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Jordan.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Jordan	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	–	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	34 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	67 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	148 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	170 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	363 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	243 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	228 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	194 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	72 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	185 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	211 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	230 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	157 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	180 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	50 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	79 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	168 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	281 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	132 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	160 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	139 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	63 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	248 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	77 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	75 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	19 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	5 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	1 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	24 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	16 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	74 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	243 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	133 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	206 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	292 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	629 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	634 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	1.06 billion	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	401 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	359 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	256 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	576 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	457 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	383 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	132 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	56 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	87 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	147 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	173 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	48 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	126 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	95 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	33 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	39 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	66 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	26 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	53 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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