Oman vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 4 million TIV in Oman in 2023 and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 1.32 billion TIV, or 330 times that in Oman.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Oman.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Oman	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	–	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	4 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	4 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	85 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	88 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	282 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	757 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	422 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	719 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	492 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	127 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	21 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	31 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	72 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	12 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	297 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	178 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	49 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	37 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	40 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	32 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	121 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	22 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	157 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	285 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	278 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	145 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	55 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	60 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	117 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	19 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	40 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	49 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	88 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	120 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	347 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	170 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	12 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	43 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	81 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	250 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	150 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	181 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	67 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	71 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	11 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	62 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	26 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	36 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	5 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	7 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	2 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	1 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	1 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	8 million	15 billion
1960	1 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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