Philippines vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 846 million TIV in Philippines and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.2 billion TIV, or 3.6 times that in Philippines.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1972, when it overtook Philippines.
In 2025, Philippines ranked 10 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Philippines	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	846 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	305 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	108 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	280 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	365 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	385 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	191 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	278 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	228 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	153 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	12 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	83 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	3 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	10 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	23 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	12 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	34 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	10 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	5 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	64 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	72 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	43 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	72 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	62 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	43 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	34 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	33 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	19 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	12 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	–	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	38 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	17 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	39 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	75 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	92 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	143 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	198 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	256 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	133 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	60 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	106 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	50 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	9 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	26 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	16 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	43 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	86 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	99 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	4 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	11 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	44 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	50 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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