South Africa vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in South Africa and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 207 million TIV, or 7.9 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 2012, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Africa	Spain	World
2025	30 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	30 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	–	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	2 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	50 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	127 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	208 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	178 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	134 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	910 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	741 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	262 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	6 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	21 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	11 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	38 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	239 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	238 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	361 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	26 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	10 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	11 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	17 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	20 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	191 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	25 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	100 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	192 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	44 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	122 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	192 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	125 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	389 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	500 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	419 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	235 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	177 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	369 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	291 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	309 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	511 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	211 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	217 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	299 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	496 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	386 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	302 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	520 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	232 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	103 million	15 billion
1960	13 million	214 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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