Saudi Arabia vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 2 million TIV in Syria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3.04 billion TIV, or 1,500 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Saudi Arabia	Syria	World
2025	3.04 billion	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	–	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	–	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	7 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	253 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	931 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	527 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	38 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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