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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 30 million 2025 | 2 million | 63 of 110 |
| Spain | 237 million 2025 | 152 million | 33 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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
Good to know
- 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.
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