South Sudan vs Uganda

South Sudan vs Uganda: Arms imports

Arms imports: 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022 and 2 million TIV in Uganda in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Uganda, by 56 million TIV, or 6.6 times that in South Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Sudan vs Uganda: Arms importsArms imports: 10 million TIV in South Sudan in 2022 and 2 million TIV in Uganda in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Uganda, by 56 million TIV, or 6.6 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2022.
  • The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth SudanUgandaWorld
2025–2 million33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
2023–16 million29.5 billion
202210 million66 million33 billion
20218 million8 million26.8 billion
2020–79 million23.4 billion
2019–23 million26.9 billion
2018–10 million27.3 billion
2017–22 million31.2 billion
20168 million1 million31.4 billion
201519 million7 million28.7 billion
201441 million2 million27 billion
201313 million20 million27.4 billion
20122 million213 million27.9 billion
201165 million468 million29.9 billion
20102 million37 million25.8 billion
20091 million28 million24 billion
200844 million14 million24.1 billion
200737 million026.5 billion
2006–5 million24.4 billion
2005–10 million21.3 billion
2004–36 million21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002–33 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000–6 million20.5 billion
1999–39 million25.3 billion
1998–55 million27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995–32 million22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
1989–20 million31.7 billion
1988–1 million32.9 billion
1987–32 million36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
1985–10 million33.2 billion
1984––36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982–14 million41.4 billion
1981––42 billion
1980––37.4 billion
1979––33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
1977–7 million37 billion
1976–34 million33 billion
1975–123 million34.2 billion
1974–46 million32.9 billion
1973–17 million32.6 billion
1972–20 million28.7 billion
1971–3 million29.3 billion
1970–3 million22.1 billion
1969–16 million24.7 billion
1968–27 million22.4 billion
1967–4 million22.1 billion
1966–16 million22.4 billion
1965–1 million23.1 billion
1964–3 million24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––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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