Saudi Arabia vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.81 billion TIV, or 13 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Spain.
In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 1 and Spain ranked 33 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	Saudi Arabia	Spain	World
2025	3.04 billion	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	198 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	109 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	636 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	312 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	214 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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