South Africa vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 115 million TIV in South Africa and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 486 million TIV, or 5.23 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Africa	Netherlands	World
2025	115 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	96 million	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	105 million	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	113 million	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	143 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	150 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	118 million	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	100 million	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	118 million	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	76 million	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	109 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	250 million	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	108 million	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	142 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	137 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	200 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	36 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	74 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	47 million	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	22 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	32 million	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	24 million	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	14 million	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	7 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	31 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	17 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	13 million	628 million	23 billion
1993	54 million	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	85 million	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	54 million	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	–	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	0	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	25 million	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	28 million	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	25 million	357 million	39 billion
1985	25 million	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	49 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	49 million	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	0	444 million	40 billion
1976	20 million	293 million	36 billion
1975	29 million	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	2 million	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	1 million	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	22 million	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	2 million	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	13 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	9 million	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	8 million	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	–	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	33 million	105 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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