Sudan vs United States: Arms exports
Arms exports: 11 million TIV in Sudan in 2013 and 14 billion TIV in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in United States, by 7.76 billion TIV, or 710 times that in Sudan.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 11 million 2013 | — |
| United States | 14 billion 2025 | 10.3 billion |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 billion TIV in 2013.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Sudan | United States | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 14 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 13.7 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 10.9 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 14.5 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 11.6 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 9.73 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 10.5 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 9.26 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 11.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 9.89 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 10.3 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 9.46 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 11 million | 7.77 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 8.97 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 9.04 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 8.35 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 7.15 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 7.09 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 7.87 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 7.5 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 6.72 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 6.87 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 5.68 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 4.87 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5.59 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 7.68 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 11.6 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 15.8 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 14.5 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 10.8 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 11.2 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 11.5 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 13.8 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 14.1 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 12.6 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 10.7 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 11.4 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 12 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 12.2 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | 11.6 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 10.8 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 11.9 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 13.8 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 14 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 13.7 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 10.7 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 9.79 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 13.5 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 14.3 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 15.7 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 15.3 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 12.7 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 12 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 10.7 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 11.6 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 8.35 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 11.6 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 8.62 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | 7.44 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 8.94 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 12 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 12.5 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 9.43 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 6.13 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 6.29 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 6.13 billion | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
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