Sudan vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Sudan and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 688 million TIV, or 13 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1971, 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 States	World
2025	57 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	–	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	6 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	46 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	4 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	3 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	–	499 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	181 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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