Sudan vs Uganda: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Sudan and 2 million TIV in Uganda, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 55 million TIV, or 29 times that in Uganda.

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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 Uganda.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	Uganda	World
2025	57 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	16 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	66 million	33 billion
2021	–	8 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	23 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	10 million	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	22 million	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	1 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	2 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	213 million	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	468 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	37 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	28 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	14 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	0	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	5 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	10 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	36 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	33 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	39 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	55 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	32 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	6 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	46 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	20 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	32 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	10 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	14 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	–	42 billion
1980	3 million	–	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	–	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	–	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	7 million	37 billion
1976	–	34 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	123 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	46 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	17 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	20 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	3 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	3 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	16 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	27 million	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	3 million	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	–	15 billion
1960	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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