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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 5 million 2021 | — | — |
| China | 207 million 2025 | 1.19 billion | 36 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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
| Year | Bhutan | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 207 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 71 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 428 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 646 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 5 million | 685 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 775 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 1.57 billion | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 2.25 billion | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 1.55 billion | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1 million | 1.21 billion | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1 million | 1.19 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.03 billion | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.22 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 1.54 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1.03 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 940 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.38 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 1.78 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 1.7 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 2.83 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 3.47 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 0 | 3.24 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 2.33 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 2.83 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 2.76 billion | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 2.47 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.72 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 375 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 940 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.5 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 701 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 304 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.18 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 439 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 267 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 163 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 97 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 47 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 11 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 104 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 62 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 16 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 5 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 4 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 8 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 83 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 72 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 1 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 1 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 1 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | 180 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 144 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 225 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 257 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 485 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 450 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 415 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 952 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.36 billion | 15.7 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.
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