Philippines vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 846 million TIV in Philippines and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 816 million TIV, or 28 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2015, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Philippines	South Africa	World
2025	846 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	305 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	108 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	280 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	365 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	385 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	191 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	278 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	228 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	153 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	12 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	83 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	3 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	1 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	10 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	23 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	12 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	34 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	10 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	5 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	64 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	72 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	43 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	72 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	62 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	43 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	34 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	33 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	19 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	12 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	38 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	17 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	39 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	92 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	143 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	198 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	256 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	133 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	60 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	106 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	50 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	9 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	26 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	16 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	43 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	86 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	99 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	4 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	11 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	44 million	–	15 billion
1960	50 million	13 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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Deaths in conflictsPhilippines: 194 deaths in 2022South Africa: 0 deaths in 2022