Poland vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.11 billion TIV, or 38 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Poland	Sudan	World
2025	2.17 billion	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	29 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	–	33 billion
1975	887 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	889 million	6 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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