Sudan vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Sudan and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 767 million TIV, or 14 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	Netherlands	World
2025	57 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	–	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	6 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	46 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	3 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	–	285 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	255 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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