Brazil vs Canada
Brazil vs Canada: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 83 million TIV in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 379 million TIV, or 5.57 times that in Canada.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Canada ranked 49 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 83 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | 198 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | 73 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | 214 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | 357 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | 248 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | 187 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | 185 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | 354 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | 246 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | 408 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | 316 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | 202 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | 207 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 356 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 242 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | 104 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | 423 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | 478 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | 97 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | 106 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | 341 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | 140 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | 418 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | 520 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | 529 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | 143 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | 111 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | 353 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | 419 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 267 million | 405 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 311 million | 473 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 66 million | 196 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 98 million | 407 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | 767 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | 157 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | 37 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | 712 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | 787 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 849 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 848 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 654 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | 649 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 277 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 453 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 442 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | 193 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | 130 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | 90 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 53 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 195 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | 229 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 78 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 376 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 457 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 623 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | 516 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 336 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | 237 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 306 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 563 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | 742 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | 1.01 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | 1.22 billion | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 million | 1.58 billion | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 236 million | 171 million | 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs Canada
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Canada: 82.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Canada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Canada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Canada: 99% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Canada: 3.99% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Canada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Canada: 39.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Canada: 1.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Canada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Canada: 82.9% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Canada: 40.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Canada: 19.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Canada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Canada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Canada: $37.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Canada: $939 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Canada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Canada: 72,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Canada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Canada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Canada: 312 million TIV in 2025