Saudi Arabia vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.99 billion TIV, or 53 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Saudi Arabia	Sudan	World
2025	3.04 billion	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	3 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	–	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	70 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	–	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	203 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	29 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	–	33 billion
1975	372 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	6 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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