Sudan vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Sudan and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 24 million TIV, or 1.73 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	Thailand	World
2025	57 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	–	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	6 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	46 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	3 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	–	154 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	28 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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