South Africa vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in South Africa and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 351 million TIV, or 13 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye has been higher since 2008, 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	Türkiye	World
2025	30 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	30 million	187 million	33 billion
2021	–	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	2 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	50 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	1 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	127 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	208 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	178 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	134 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	910 million	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	741 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	262 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	–	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	6 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	21 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	11 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	38 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	239 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	238 million	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	361 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	26 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	10 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	11 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	17 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	20 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	191 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	25 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	100 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	192 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	44 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	122 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	192 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	125 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	389 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	500 million	293 million	37 billion
1976	419 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	235 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	177 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	369 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	291 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	309 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	511 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	211 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	217 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	299 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	496 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	386 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	302 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	520 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	232 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	322 million	15 billion
1960	13 million	581 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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