Sudan vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Sudan and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 89 million TIV, or 2.56 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	Sweden	World
2025	57 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	–	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	6 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	46 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	3 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	–	214 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	227 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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