South Africa vs Spain: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 115 million TIV in South Africa and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 226 million TIV, or 2.97 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2005, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Africa	Spain	World
2025	115 million	341 million	33.5 billion
2024	96 million	606 million	30.7 billion
2023	105 million	912 million	29.5 billion
2022	113 million	1.01 billion	33.3 billion
2021	143 million	676 million	27.1 billion
2020	150 million	1.01 billion	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	318 million	27 billion
2018	118 million	705 million	27.4 billion
2017	100 million	820 million	31.3 billion
2016	118 million	481 million	31.5 billion
2015	76 million	982 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	962 million	27.1 billion
2013	109 million	450 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	266 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	997 million	29.9 billion
2010	250 million	273 million	25.8 billion
2009	108 million	984 million	24.4 billion
2008	142 million	626 million	24.1 billion
2007	137 million	628 million	26.5 billion
2006	200 million	898 million	24.5 billion
2005	36 million	113 million	21.4 billion
2004	74 million	54 million	21.3 billion
2003	47 million	99 million	19.2 billion
2002	22 million	18 million	17.7 billion
2001	32 million	8 million	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	47 million	20.5 billion
1999	24 million	46 million	25.4 billion
1998	14 million	174 million	27.9 billion
1997	7 million	605 million	28.9 billion
1996	31 million	112 million	23.7 billion
1995	17 million	88 million	22.9 billion
1994	13 million	253 million	23 billion
1993	54 million	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	85 million	70 million	24.3 billion
1991	54 million	103 million	28.2 billion
1990	–	116 million	30.2 billion
1989	0	167 million	34.9 billion
1988	25 million	136 million	36.8 billion
1987	28 million	152 million	39.4 billion
1986	25 million	197 million	39 billion
1985	25 million	92 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	244 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	367 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	263 million	46.2 billion
1981	49 million	135 million	45.8 billion
1980	49 million	10 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	18 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	38 million	42.4 billion
1977	0	25 million	40 billion
1976	20 million	46 million	36 billion
1975	29 million	272 million	37.2 billion
1974	2 million	82 million	36.6 billion
1973	1 million	18 million	36.3 billion
1972	22 million	18 million	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	140 million	32.9 billion
1970	2 million	70 million	25.3 billion
1969	13 million	10 million	28.1 billion
1968	9 million	12 million	26.1 billion
1967	8 million	12 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	26 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	33 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	12 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	10 million	20.3 billion
1962	–	10 million	17.5 billion
1961	33 million	8 million	16.4 billion
1960	27 million	2 million	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

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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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