Bhutan vs China

Bhutan vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Bhutan in 2021 and 207 million TIV in China in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in China, by 680 million TIV, or 140 times that in Bhutan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Bhutan vs China: Arms importsArms imports: 5 million TIV in Bhutan in 2021 and 207 million TIV in China in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in China, by 680 million TIV, or 140 times that in Bhutan.
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What the numbers say

  • China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1968.
  • The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBhutanChinaWorld
2025–207 million33.3 billion
2024–71 million30.6 billion
2023–428 million29.5 billion
2022–646 million33 billion
20215 million685 million26.8 billion
2020–775 million23.4 billion
2019–1.57 billion26.9 billion
2018–2.25 billion27.3 billion
2017–1.55 billion31.2 billion
20161 million1.21 billion31.4 billion
20151 million1.19 billion28.7 billion
2014–1.03 billion27 billion
2013–1.22 billion27.4 billion
2012–1.54 billion27.9 billion
2011–1.03 billion29.9 billion
2010–940 million25.8 billion
2009–1.38 billion24 billion
2008–1.78 billion24.1 billion
2007–1.7 billion26.5 billion
2006–2.83 billion24.4 billion
2005–3.47 billion21.3 billion
200403.24 billion21.3 billion
2003–2.33 billion19.2 billion
2002–2.83 billion17.7 billion
2001–2.76 billion18.3 billion
2000–2.47 billion20.5 billion
1999–1.72 billion25.3 billion
1998–375 million27.9 billion
1997–940 million28.9 billion
1996–1.5 billion23.7 billion
1995–701 million22.9 billion
1994–304 million22.8 billion
1993–1.23 billion25.8 billion
1992–1.18 billion24.3 billion
1991–439 million27.8 billion
1990–267 million28.6 billion
1989–163 million31.7 billion
1988–97 million32.9 billion
1987–47 million36.2 billion
1986–11 million35.5 billion
1985–104 million33.2 billion
1984–62 million36.8 billion
1983–16 million39.1 billion
1982–5 million41.4 billion
1981––42 billion
1980–4 million37.4 billion
1979–8 million33.3 billion
1978–83 million39.2 billion
1977–72 million37 billion
1976–1 million33 billion
1975–1 million34.2 billion
1974–1 million32.9 billion
1973–1 million32.6 billion
1972–1 million28.7 billion
1971–1 million29.3 billion
1970–1 million22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
19681 million180 million22.4 billion
1967–144 million22.1 billion
1966–225 million22.4 billion
1965–257 million23.1 billion
1964–485 million24.2 billion
1963–450 million18.1 billion
1962–415 million15.5 billion
1961–952 million15 billion
1960–2.36 billion15.7 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.

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