Rwanda vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023 and 57 million TIV in Sudan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 31 million TIV, or 6.17 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Rwanda has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Rwanda	Sudan	World
2025	–	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	37 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	17 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	65 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	–	–	23.4 billion
2019	1 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	8 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	29 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	15 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	15 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	11 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	14 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	20 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	21 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	9 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	3 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	1 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	5 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	3 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	3 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	2 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	6 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	4 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	–	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	203 million	42 billion
1980	–	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	–	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	1 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	–	–	33 billion
1975	3 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	2 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	0	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	0	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	0	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	0	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	11 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	17 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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