South Africa vs Tanzania

South Africa vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in South Africa and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 26 million TIV, or 7.5 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Africa vs Tanzania: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in South Africa and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 26 million TIV, or 7.5 times that in Tanzania.
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What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth AfricaTanzaniaWorld
202530 million4 million33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
202330 million–29.5 billion
202230 million–33 billion
2021–53 million26.8 billion
2020–9 million23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
2018–17 million27.3 billion
2017–2 million31.2 billion
2016–20 million31.4 billion
20152 million20 million28.7 billion
201450 million14 million27 billion
20131 million130 million27.4 billion
2012127 million115 million27.9 billion
2011208 million78 million29.9 billion
2010178 million–25.8 billion
2009134 million29 million24 billion
2008493 million–24.1 billion
2007910 million1 million26.5 billion
2006741 million12 million24.4 billion
2005262 million10 million21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003–51 million19.2 billion
2002–1 million17.7 billion
200118 million–18.3 billion
20006 million2 million20.5 billion
199921 million–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
199711 million–28.9 billion
199638 million4 million23.7 billion
199538 million–22.9 billion
1994239 million5 million22.8 billion
1993238 million–25.8 billion
1992361 million18 million24.3 billion
199126 million–27.8 billion
199010 million–28.6 billion
198911 million5 million31.7 billion
198817 million–32.9 billion
198720 million–36.2 billion
1986191 million1 million35.5 billion
198525 million–33.2 billion
1984100 million–36.8 billion
1983192 million–39.1 billion
198244 million9 million41.4 billion
1981122 million121 million42 billion
1980192 million53 million37.4 billion
1979125 million260 million33.3 billion
1978389 million67 million39.2 billion
1977500 million47 million37 billion
1976419 million–33 billion
1975235 million48 million34.2 billion
1974177 million185 million32.9 billion
1973369 million121 million32.6 billion
1972291 million51 million28.7 billion
1971309 million60 million29.3 billion
1970511 million11 million22.1 billion
1969211 million–24.7 billion
1968217 million–22.4 billion
1967299 million1 million22.1 billion
1966496 million22 million22.4 billion
1965386 million4 million23.1 billion
1964302 million4 million24.2 billion
1963520 million–18.1 billion
1962232 million–15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
196013 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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