Saudi Arabia vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.66 billion TIV, or 7.98 times that in Türkiye.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Türkiye.
In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 1 and Türkiye ranked 30 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	Türkiye	World
2025	3.04 billion	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	187 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	726 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	293 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	581 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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