South Africa vs Thailand

South Africa vs Thailand: Arms exports

Arms exports: 115 million TIV in South Africa in 2025 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 81 million TIV, or 6.4 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Africa vs Thailand: Arms exportsArms exports: 115 million TIV in South Africa in 2025 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 81 million TIV, or 6.4 times that in Thailand.
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What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
  • The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth AfricaThailandWorld
2025115 million–33.5 billion
202496 million15 million30.7 billion
2023105 million–29.5 billion
2022113 million–33.3 billion
2021143 million5 million27.1 billion
2020150 million–24.1 billion
2019129 million2 million27 billion
2018118 million–27.4 billion
2017100 million4 million31.3 billion
2016118 million2 million31.5 billion
201576 million–28.7 billion
201489 million–27.1 billion
2013109 million–27.4 billion
2012193 million–27.9 billion
201176 million–29.9 billion
2010250 million–25.8 billion
2009108 million–24.4 billion
2008142 million–24.1 billion
2007137 million–26.5 billion
2006200 million79 million24.5 billion
200536 million–21.4 billion
200474 million7 million21.3 billion
200347 million7 million19.2 billion
200222 million–17.7 billion
200132 million–18.5 billion
200021 million–20.5 billion
199924 million–25.4 billion
199814 million–27.9 billion
19977 million–28.9 billion
199631 million–23.7 billion
199517 million–22.9 billion
199413 million–23 billion
199354 million–25.8 billion
199285 million–24.3 billion
199154 million–28.2 billion
1990––30.2 billion
19890–34.9 billion
198825 million–36.8 billion
198728 million–39.4 billion
198625 million–39 billion
198525 million–38.2 billion
1984––41.6 billion
1983––43.9 billion
19821 million–46.2 billion
198149 million–45.8 billion
198049 million–42.2 billion
1979––38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
19770–40 billion
197620 million–36 billion
197529 million–37.2 billion
19742 million–36.6 billion
19731 million–36.3 billion
197222 million–34.5 billion
19717 million–32.9 billion
19702 million–25.3 billion
196913 million–28.1 billion
19689 million–26.1 billion
19678 million–25.6 billion
1966––25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964––26.7 billion
1963––20.3 billion
1962––17.5 billion
196133 million–16.4 billion
196027 million–17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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