Saudi Arabia vs Türkiye
Saudi Arabia vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports: 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023 and 539 million TIV in Türkiye in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 695 million TIV, or 230 times that in Saudi Arabia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Saudi Arabia | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 58 million | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1 million | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 18 million | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1 million | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3 million | 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 | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 23 million | 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 Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySaudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSaudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025