South Africa vs Uganda

South Africa vs Uganda: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in South Africa and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 28 million TIV, or 15 times that in Uganda.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Africa vs Uganda: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in South Africa and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 28 million TIV, or 15 times that in Uganda.
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What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Uganda.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth AfricaUgandaWorld
202530 million2 million33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
202330 million16 million29.5 billion
202230 million66 million33 billion
2021–8 million26.8 billion
2020–79 million23.4 billion
2019–23 million26.9 billion
2018–10 million27.3 billion
2017–22 million31.2 billion
2016–1 million31.4 billion
20152 million7 million28.7 billion
201450 million2 million27 billion
20131 million20 million27.4 billion
2012127 million213 million27.9 billion
2011208 million468 million29.9 billion
2010178 million37 million25.8 billion
2009134 million28 million24 billion
2008493 million14 million24.1 billion
2007910 million026.5 billion
2006741 million5 million24.4 billion
2005262 million10 million21.3 billion
2004–36 million21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002–33 million17.7 billion
200118 million–18.3 billion
20006 million6 million20.5 billion
199921 million39 million25.3 billion
1998–55 million27.9 billion
199711 million–28.9 billion
199638 million–23.7 billion
199538 million32 million22.9 billion
1994239 million–22.8 billion
1993238 million–25.8 billion
1992361 million–24.3 billion
199126 million–27.8 billion
199010 million–28.6 billion
198911 million20 million31.7 billion
198817 million1 million32.9 billion
198720 million32 million36.2 billion
1986191 million–35.5 billion
198525 million10 million33.2 billion
1984100 million–36.8 billion
1983192 million–39.1 billion
198244 million14 million41.4 billion
1981122 million–42 billion
1980192 million–37.4 billion
1979125 million–33.3 billion
1978389 million–39.2 billion
1977500 million7 million37 billion
1976419 million34 million33 billion
1975235 million123 million34.2 billion
1974177 million46 million32.9 billion
1973369 million17 million32.6 billion
1972291 million20 million28.7 billion
1971309 million3 million29.3 billion
1970511 million3 million22.1 billion
1969211 million16 million24.7 billion
1968217 million27 million22.4 billion
1967299 million4 million22.1 billion
1966496 million16 million22.4 billion
1965386 million1 million23.1 billion
1964302 million3 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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