South Africa vs Sweden: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 115 million TIV in South Africa and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 120 million TIV, or 2.04 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2023, 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	Sweden	World
2025	115 million	235 million	33.5 billion
2024	96 million	405 million	30.7 billion
2023	105 million	373 million	29.5 billion
2022	113 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2021	143 million	236 million	27.1 billion
2020	150 million	263 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	121 million	27 billion
2018	118 million	135 million	27.4 billion
2017	100 million	75 million	31.3 billion
2016	118 million	248 million	31.5 billion
2015	76 million	178 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	340 million	27.1 billion
2013	109 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	436 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	658 million	29.9 billion
2010	250 million	612 million	25.8 billion
2009	108 million	389 million	24.4 billion
2008	142 million	461 million	24.1 billion
2007	137 million	332 million	26.5 billion
2006	200 million	384 million	24.5 billion
2005	36 million	536 million	21.4 billion
2004	74 million	297 million	21.3 billion
2003	47 million	516 million	19.2 billion
2002	22 million	164 million	17.7 billion
2001	32 million	892 million	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	355 million	20.5 billion
1999	24 million	383 million	25.4 billion
1998	14 million	332 million	27.9 billion
1997	7 million	99 million	28.9 billion
1996	31 million	344 million	23.7 billion
1995	17 million	226 million	22.9 billion
1994	13 million	111 million	23 billion
1993	54 million	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	85 million	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	54 million	155 million	28.2 billion
1990	–	224 million	30.2 billion
1989	0	401 million	34.9 billion
1988	25 million	512 million	36.8 billion
1987	28 million	230 million	39.4 billion
1986	25 million	320 million	39 billion
1985	25 million	215 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	227 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	118 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	120 million	46.2 billion
1981	49 million	127 million	45.8 billion
1980	49 million	157 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	261 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	55 million	42.4 billion
1977	0	75 million	40 billion
1976	20 million	101 million	36 billion
1975	29 million	69 million	37.2 billion
1974	2 million	75 million	36.6 billion
1973	1 million	15 million	36.3 billion
1972	22 million	163 million	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1970	2 million	158 million	25.3 billion
1969	13 million	36 million	28.1 billion
1968	9 million	60 million	26.1 billion
1967	8 million	55 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	56 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	32 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	22 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	13 million	20.3 billion
1962	–	44 million	17.5 billion
1961	33 million	46 million	16.4 billion
1960	27 million	38 million	17.6 billion

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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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