Poland vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.14 billion TIV, or 72 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2012, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Poland	South Africa	World
2025	2.17 billion	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	500 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	419 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	–	15 billion
1960	889 million	13 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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