Senegal vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports: 79 million TIV in Senegal in 2024 and 30 million TIV in South Africa in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Senegal, by 142 million TIV, or 5.73 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Senegal has been higher since 2023, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Senegal	South Africa	World
2025	–	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	79 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	172 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	28 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	21 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	22 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	40 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	15 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	48 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	40 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	24 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	9 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	–	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	6 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	6 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	12 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	16 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	–	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	6 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	1 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	18 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	14 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	4 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	38 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	7 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	122 million	42 billion
1980	–	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	29 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	20 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	41 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	15 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	–	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	17 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	12 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	38 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	2 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	0	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	0	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	–	15 billion
1960	0	13 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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