Poland vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 59 million TIV in Poland and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 56 million TIV, or 1.95 times that in Poland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Poland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Poland	South Africa	World
2025	59 million	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	145 million	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	576 million	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	707 million	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	3 million	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	0	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	10 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	11 million	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	8 million	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	5 million	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	2 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	147 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	31 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	8 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	28 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	75 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	73 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	163 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	282 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	18 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	83 million	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	56 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	81 million	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	47 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	65 million	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	1 million	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	23 million	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	57 million	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	179 million	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	133 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	–	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	57 million	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	62 million	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	112 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	20 million	0	34.9 billion
1988	232 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	222 million	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	265 million	25 million	39 billion
1985	131 million	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	91 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	134 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	230 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	365 million	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	226 million	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	247 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	336 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	400 million	0	40 billion
1976	425 million	20 million	36 billion
1975	316 million	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	249 million	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	158 million	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	276 million	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	278 million	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	268 million	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	323 million	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	288 million	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	309 million	8 million	25.6 billion
1966	319 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	234 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	237 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	111 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	7 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	–	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	0	27 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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