South Africa vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in South Africa and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 27 million TIV, or 1.9 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher since 2025, 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	Sudan	World
2025	30 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	30 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	–	–	23.4 billion
2019	–	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	2 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	50 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	127 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	208 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	178 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	134 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	910 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	741 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	262 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	6 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	21 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	11 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	38 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	239 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	238 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	361 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	26 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	10 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	11 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	17 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	20 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	191 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	25 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	100 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	192 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	44 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	122 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	192 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	125 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	389 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	500 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	419 million	–	33 billion
1975	235 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	177 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	369 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	291 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	309 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	511 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	211 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	217 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	299 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	496 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	386 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	302 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	520 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	232 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	17 million	15 billion
1960	13 million	6 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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