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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | 4 million 2023 | 492 million | — |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.04 billion 2025 | 3.47 billion | 1 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- 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 |
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.
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