Malawi vs South Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Malawi in 2024 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Malawi, by 9 million TIV, or 1.9 times that in South Sudan.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2 million 2024 | 2 million |
| South Sudan | 10 million 2022 | 2 million |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Malawi has been higher since 2022, when it overtook South Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Malawi | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 2 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 19 million | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 8 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 0 | 8 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | 19 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 2 million | 41 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 3 million | 13 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 65 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 2 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 3 million | 44 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 37 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 4 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 11 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 4 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 10 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 7 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 14 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 14 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 8 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 7 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 6 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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.
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