Saudi Arabia vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3.01 billion TIV, or 92 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 1 and Thailand ranked 60 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	Thailand	World
2025	3.04 billion	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	271 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	107 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	350 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	111 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	28 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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