Mali vs South Sudan

Mali vs South Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 64 million TIV in Mali in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Mali, by 52 million TIV, or 6.2 times that in South Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Mali vs South Sudan: Arms importsArms imports: 64 million TIV in Mali in 2025 and 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Mali, by 52 million TIV, or 6.2 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Mali has been higher since 2016, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearMaliSouth SudanWorld
202564 million–33.3 billion
202425 million–30.6 billion
202382 million–29.5 billion
202262 million10 million33 billion
202139 million8 million26.8 billion
202049 million–23.4 billion
201920 million–26.9 billion
201827 million–27.3 billion
201732 million–31.2 billion
201622 million8 million31.4 billion
2015–19 million28.7 billion
20141 million41 million27 billion
20137 million13 million27.4 billion
20129 million2 million27.9 billion
2011065 million29.9 billion
2010–2 million25.8 billion
200910 million1 million24 billion
20083 million44 million24.1 billion
20078 million37 million26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
200513 million–21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
20033 million–19.2 billion
20021 million–17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
20007 million–20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
19984 million–27.9 billion
19979 million–28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
19940–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
19901 million–28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
19882 million–32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
19850–33.2 billion
198413 million–36.8 billion
198315 million–39.1 billion
19824 million–41.4 billion
198191 million–42 billion
1980––37.4 billion
1979––33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
1977––37 billion
197689 million–33 billion
197511 million–34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
1972––28.7 billion
197115 million–29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
19692 million–24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
196712 million–22.1 billion
19661 million–22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
1964––24.2 billion
19634 million–18.1 billion
196210 million–15.5 billion
19613 million–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.
  • 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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