Sudan vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 57 million TIV in Sudan in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 27 million TIV, or 5.5 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	Switzerland	World
2025	57 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	–	–	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	6 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	46 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	3 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	–	142 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	218 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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