Saudi Arabia vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports: 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023 and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 61 million TIV, or 21 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2015, 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	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	–	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	3 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	–	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	–	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	–	131 million	27 billion
2018	–	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	–	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	5 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	3 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	–	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	58 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	1 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	–	–	24.1 billion
2007	–	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	18 million	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	–	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	–	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	–	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.5 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.4 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	1 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	23 billion
1993	12 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	28.2 billion
1990	–	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	–	–	34.9 billion
1988	–	–	36.8 billion
1987	–	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	–	22 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	6 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	–	14 million	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	–	8 million	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.

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Deaths in conflictsSaudi Arabia: 31 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022