Sudan vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Sudan and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 811 million TIV, or 15 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	57 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	–	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	6 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	46 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	3 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	–	275 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	36 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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Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsSudan: 1,364 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022