Saudi Arabia vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.87 billion TIV, or 17 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 1 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	3.04 billion	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	86 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	–	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	–	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	42 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	103 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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