Sudan vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Sudan and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 552 million TIV, or 11 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2006, 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 Kingdom	World
2025	57 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	–	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	–	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	6 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	46 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	3 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	–	251 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	26 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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