Saudi Arabia vs Thailand
Saudi Arabia vs Thailand: Arms exports
Arms exports: 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3 million TIV, or 2.5 times that in Thailand.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Thailand.
- The world as a whole: 31.5 billion TIV in 2016.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Saudi Arabia | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 15 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 5 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 2 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 4 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 2 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 58 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 18 million | 79 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 7 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 7 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 12 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 6 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 33 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 5 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 13 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 3 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 4 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Saudi Arabia vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySaudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSaudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025