Argentina vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.61 billion TIV, or 16 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Japan	World
2025	108 million	1.72 billion	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	1.04 billion	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	852 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	1.47 billion	33 billion
2021	77 million	1.01 billion	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	929 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	992 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	764 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	446 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	332 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	343 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	341 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	239 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	300 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	658 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	990 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	990 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	553 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	469 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	375 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	399 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	458 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	442 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	427 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	497 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	1.26 billion	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	1.49 billion	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	843 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	876 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	1.26 billion	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	1.02 billion	22.8 billion
1993	–	2.13 billion	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	2.52 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	2.94 billion	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	2.68 billion	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	2.28 billion	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	2 billion	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	1.94 billion	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	1.89 billion	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	1.97 billion	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	2.05 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	1.69 billion	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	1.44 billion	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	1.31 billion	42 billion
1980	445 million	1.03 billion	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	920 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	901 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	788 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	1.48 billion	33 billion
1975	268 million	1.6 billion	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	733 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	468 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	493 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	605 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	502 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	488 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	557 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	610 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	324 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	1.72 billion	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	239 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	263 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	335 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	790 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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