Sudan vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Sudan and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 120 million TIV, or 3.11 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	Vietnam	World
2025	57 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	–	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	155 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 million	273 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	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	3 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	–	42 million	33 billion
1975	5 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	103 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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