Argentina vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 99 million TIV, or 1.92 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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China has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	China	World
2025	108 million	207 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	71 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	428 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	646 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	685 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	775 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	1.57 billion	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	2.25 billion	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	1.55 billion	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	1.21 billion	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	1.19 billion	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	1.03 billion	27 billion
2013	13 million	1.22 billion	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	1.54 billion	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	1.03 billion	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	940 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	1.38 billion	24 billion
2008	21 million	1.78 billion	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	1.7 billion	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	2.83 billion	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	3.47 billion	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	3.24 billion	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	2.33 billion	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	2.83 billion	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	2.76 billion	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	2.47 billion	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	1.72 billion	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	375 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	940 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	1.5 billion	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	701 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	304 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	1.23 billion	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	1.18 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	439 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	267 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	163 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	97 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	47 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	11 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	104 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	62 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	16 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	5 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	–	42 billion
1980	445 million	4 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	8 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	83 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	72 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	1 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	1 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	1 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	1 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	1 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	180 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	144 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	225 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	257 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	485 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	450 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	415 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	952 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	2.36 billion	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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