Somalia vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Somalia and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 55 million TIV, or 29 times that in Somalia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Somalia.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Somalia	Sudan	World
2025	2 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	4 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	3 million	33 billion
2021	2 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	8 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	2 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	70 million	27 billion
2013	3 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	100 million	24 billion
2008	–	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	1 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	16 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	15 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	42 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	15 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	23 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	61 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	97 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	101 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	90 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	57 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	185 million	–	33 billion
1975	128 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	283 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	165 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	24 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	–	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	1 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	4 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	72 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	53 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	31 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	11 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	0	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	11 million	6 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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