Spain vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 237 million TIV in Spain and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 180 million TIV, or 4.16 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Spain	Sudan	World
2025	237 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	159 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	159 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	198 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	134 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	149 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	82 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	104 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	109 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	219 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	166 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	272 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	228 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	347 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	343 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	312 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	358 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	288 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	239 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	266 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	140 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	315 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	357 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	82 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	192 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	395 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	355 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	838 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	299 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	207 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	109 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	691 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	835 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.95 billion	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	327 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	81 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	614 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	512 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	636 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	689 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	650 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	432 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	312 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	831 million	–	33 billion
1975	1.16 billion	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	557 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	895 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	793 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	637 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	234 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	181 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	133 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	303 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	307 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	382 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	51 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	15 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	55 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	103 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	214 million	6 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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