Saudi Arabia vs Tunisia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 7 million TIV in Tunisia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3.04 billion TIV, or 430 times that in Tunisia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Tunisia.
In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 1 and Tunisia ranked 87 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	Tunisia	World
2025	3.04 billion	7 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	78 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	35 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	35 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	19 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	16 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	15 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	181 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	98 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	43 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	50 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	40 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	7 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	7 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	–	24 billion
2008	389 million	3 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	2 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	–	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	1 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	12 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	18 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	41 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	68 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	56 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	35 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	32 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	20 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	48 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	56 million	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	–	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	314 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	119 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	103 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	60 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	56 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	103 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	122 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	14 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	73 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	14 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	14 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	26 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	0	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	49 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	23 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	5 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	40 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	7 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	6 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	44 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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