Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.05 billion TIV in Qatar and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 1.99 billion TIV, or 2.89 times that in Qatar.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Qatar.
In 2025, Qatar ranked 8 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	1.05 billion	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	1.19 billion	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	2.01 billion	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	3.34 billion	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	2.29 billion	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	1.08 billion	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	2.23 billion	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	613 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	285 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	596 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	490 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	55 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	82 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	335 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	190 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	30 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	–	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	27 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	3 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	61 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	302 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	238 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	204 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	10 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	9 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	10 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	63 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	17 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	10 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	91 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	57 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	2 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	340 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	460 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	127 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	48 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	57 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	14 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	16 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	55 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	26 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	38 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	16 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	6 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	3 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	2 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	8 million	15 billion
1960	–	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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