South Africa vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in South Africa and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 794 million TIV, or 27 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 since 2015, 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	Netherlands	World
2025	30 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	30 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	–	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	2 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	50 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	127 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	208 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	178 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	134 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	910 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	741 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	262 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	6 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	21 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	11 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	38 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	239 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	238 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	361 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	26 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	10 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	11 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	17 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	20 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	191 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	25 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	100 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	192 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	44 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	122 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	192 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	125 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	389 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	500 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	419 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	235 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	177 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	369 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	291 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	309 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	511 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	211 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	217 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	299 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	496 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	386 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	302 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	520 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	232 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	227 million	15 billion
1960	13 million	255 million	15.7 billion

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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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