Qatar vs Saudi Arabia

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Arms exports

Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Qatar in 2025 and 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Qatar, by 51 million TIV, or 18 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Arms exportsArms exports: 2 million TIV in Qatar in 2025 and 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Qatar, by 51 million TIV, or 18 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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What the numbers say

  • Qatar has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearQatarSaudi ArabiaWorld
20252 million–33.5 billion
202420 million–30.7 billion
202354 million3 million29.5 billion
20221 million–33.3 billion
202112 million–27.1 billion
2020––24.1 billion
201911 million–27 billion
20183 million–27.4 billion
2017––31.3 billion
2016–5 million31.5 billion
2015–3 million28.7 billion
2014––27.1 billion
2013––27.4 billion
2012––27.9 billion
2011058 million29.9 billion
2010–1 million25.8 billion
2009––24.4 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
20062 million18 million24.5 billion
2005––21.4 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001––18.5 billion
2000––20.5 billion
19999 million–25.4 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996–1 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––23 billion
199340 million12 million25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991––28.2 billion
1990––30.2 billion
1989––34.9 billion
1988––36.8 billion
1987––39.4 billion
1986––39 billion
1985–4 million38.2 billion
1984–6 million41.6 billion
1983––43.9 billion
1982––46.2 billion
1981–33 million45.8 billion
1980––42.2 billion
1979–5 million38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
1977–13 million40 billion
1976–036 billion
1975––37.2 billion
1974––36.6 billion
1973––36.3 billion
1972–2 million34.5 billion
1971––32.9 billion
1970––25.3 billion
1969––28.1 billion
1968–3 million26.1 billion
1967–4 million25.6 billion
1966––25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964––26.7 billion
1963––20.3 billion
1962––17.5 billion
1961––16.4 billion
1960––17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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