Arms imports in Sudan

Arms imports in Sudan: 6 million TIV in 1960 and 57 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025: 57 million TIV
Since 1960: +51 million TIV
World, 2025: 33.3 billion TIV

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 598 million TIV in 1970, the lowest 3 million TIV in 1974.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sudan	World
2025	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	33 billion
2021	–	26.8 billion
2020	–	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	70 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	100 million	24 billion
2008	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	20.5 billion
1999	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	27.9 billion
1997	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	3 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	28.6 billion
1989	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	203 million	42 billion
1980	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	29 million	37 billion
1976	–	33 billion
1975	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	15 billion
1960	6 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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