Libya vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Libya in 2024 and 57 million TIV in Sudan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sudan, by 45 million TIV, or 10 times that in Libya.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Libya.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Libya	Sudan	World
2025	–	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	5 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	34 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	3 million	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	0	–	23.4 billion
2019	34 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	2 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	70 million	27 billion
2013	119 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	75 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	8 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	37 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	22 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	16 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	16 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	1 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	6 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	11 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	9 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	184 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	401 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	746 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	730 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.42 billion	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.75 billion	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	3.16 billion	203 million	42 billion
1980	2.95 billion	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	3.07 billion	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	4.22 billion	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	3.05 billion	29 million	37 billion
1976	1.85 billion	–	33 billion
1975	1.65 billion	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.77 billion	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	733 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	534 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	540 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	371 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	152 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	57 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	12 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	26 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	9 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	15 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	3 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	2 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	14 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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