Sudan vs Zimbabwe

Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Arms imports

Arms imports: 57 million TIV in Sudan in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 14 million TIV, or 3.33 times that in Sudan.

Watch it change on the map

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Arms importsArms imports: 57 million TIV in Sudan in 2025 and 20 million TIV in Zimbabwe in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 14 million TIV, or 3.33 times that in Sudan.
SudanZimbabweWorld

What the numbers say

  • Zimbabwe has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Sudan.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSudanZimbabweWorld
202557 million–33.3 billion
202450 million–30.6 billion
20236 million20 million29.5 billion
20223 million–33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
2020––23.4 billion
201920 million–26.9 billion
201835 million–27.3 billion
201766 million–31.2 billion
2016110 million–31.4 billion
2015136 million–28.7 billion
201470 million–27 billion
2013155 million–27.4 billion
2012119 million–27.9 billion
2011191 million–29.9 billion
2010196 million–25.8 billion
2009100 million–24 billion
2008120 million–24.1 billion
200758 million–26.5 billion
2006112 million25 million24.4 billion
2005113 million25 million21.3 billion
2004294 million14 million21.3 billion
2003205 million16 million19.2 billion
200250 million–17.7 billion
2001106 million10 million18.3 billion
2000–8 million20.5 billion
199936 million25 million25.3 billion
1998–1 million27.9 billion
199763 million–28.9 billion
199627 million–23.7 billion
19953 million–22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993–025.8 billion
19926 million63 million24.3 billion
199146 million47 million27.8 billion
19904 million2 million28.6 billion
198916 million–31.7 billion
198877 million2 million32.9 billion
1987122 million29 million36.2 billion
198610 million212 million35.5 billion
198566 million28 million33.2 billion
1984106 million33 million36.8 billion
198325 million34 million39.1 billion
198290 million81 million41.4 billion
1981203 million15 million42 billion
19803 million–37.4 billion
197946 million–33.3 billion
1978208 million16 million39.2 billion
197729 million4 million37 billion
1976–20 million33 billion
19755 million42 million34.2 billion
19743 million2 million32.9 billion
197323 million032.6 billion
197269 million21 million28.7 billion
197187 million5 million29.3 billion
1970598 million–22.1 billion
1969177 million–24.7 billion
196813 million–22.4 billion
19676 million21 million22.1 billion
196610 million–22.4 billion
19655 million–23.1 billion
196436 million–24.2 billion
196317 million20 million18.1 billion
196234 million16 million15.5 billion
196117 million–15 billion
19606 million15 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Sudan vs Zimbabwe

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment