South Africa vs Zambia

South Africa vs Zambia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 30 million TIV in South Africa in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Africa, by 25 million TIV, or 6 times that in Zambia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Africa vs Zambia: Arms importsArms imports: 30 million TIV in South Africa in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Zambia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Africa, by 25 million TIV, or 6 times that in Zambia.
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What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Zambia.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth AfricaZambiaWorld
202530 million–33.3 billion
2024–1 million30.6 billion
202330 million5 million29.5 billion
202230 million2 million33 billion
2021–20 million26.8 billion
2020–3 million23.4 billion
2019–43 million26.9 billion
2018––27.3 billion
2017–46 million31.2 billion
2016–44 million31.4 billion
20152 million15 million28.7 billion
201450 million–27 billion
20131 million–27.4 billion
2012127 million61 million27.9 billion
2011208 million1 million29.9 billion
2010178 million–25.8 billion
2009134 million–24 billion
2008493 million2 million24.1 billion
2007910 million5 million26.5 billion
2006741 million30 million24.4 billion
2005262 million021.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002–2 million17.7 billion
200118 million–18.3 billion
20006 million43 million20.5 billion
199921 million–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
199711 million–28.9 billion
199638 million8 million23.7 billion
199538 million–22.9 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 million–31.7 billion
198817 million–32.9 billion
198720 million–36.2 billion
1986191 million–35.5 billion
198525 million–33.2 billion
1984100 million18 million36.8 billion
1983192 million–39.1 billion
198244 million43 million41.4 billion
1981122 million253 million42 billion
1980192 million136 million37.4 billion
1979125 million4 million33.3 billion
1978389 million42 million39.2 billion
1977500 million41 million37 billion
1976419 million109 million33 billion
1975235 million48 million34.2 billion
1974177 million9 million32.9 billion
1973369 million19 million32.6 billion
1972291 million29 million28.7 billion
1971309 million165 million29.3 billion
1970511 million4 million22.1 billion
1969211 million7 million24.7 billion
1968217 million–22.4 billion
1967299 million–22.1 billion
1966496 million17 million22.4 billion
1965386 million16 million23.1 billion
1964302 million7 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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