Brazil vs China

Brazil vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 255 million TIV, or 2.23 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Brazil vs China: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 255 million TIV, or 2.23 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Brazil has been higher since 2024, when it overtook China.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and China ranked 36 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

YearBrazilChinaWorld
2025462 million207 million33.3 billion
2024450 million71 million30.6 billion
2023193 million428 million29.5 billion
2022469 million646 million33 billion
2021240 million685 million26.8 billion
2020134 million775 million23.4 billion
2019125 million1.57 billion26.9 billion
2018258 million2.25 billion27.3 billion
201796 million1.55 billion31.2 billion
2016111 million1.21 billion31.4 billion
2015202 million1.19 billion28.7 billion
2014201 million1.03 billion27 billion
2013217 million1.22 billion27.4 billion
2012317 million1.54 billion27.9 billion
2011231 million1.03 billion29.9 billion
2010256 million940 million25.8 billion
2009135 million1.38 billion24 billion
2008178 million1.78 billion24.1 billion
2007188 million1.7 billion26.5 billion
2006178 million2.83 billion24.4 billion
2005223 million3.47 billion21.3 billion
200485 million3.24 billion21.3 billion
2003110 million2.33 billion19.2 billion
2002221 million2.83 billion17.7 billion
2001573 million2.76 billion18.3 billion
200086 million2.47 billion20.5 billion
1999308 million1.72 billion25.3 billion
1998200 million375 million27.9 billion
1997476 million940 million28.9 billion
1996547 million1.5 billion23.7 billion
1995267 million701 million22.9 billion
1994311 million304 million22.8 billion
199366 million1.23 billion25.8 billion
199298 million1.18 billion24.3 billion
1991161 million439 million27.8 billion
1990140 million267 million28.6 billion
1989742 million163 million31.7 billion
1988125 million97 million32.9 billion
1987234 million47 million36.2 billion
1986139 million11 million35.5 billion
198582 million104 million33.2 billion
1984123 million62 million36.8 billion
198388 million16 million39.1 billion
198272 million5 million41.4 billion
198161 million–42 billion
1980338 million4 million37.4 billion
1979375 million8 million33.3 billion
1978832 million83 million39.2 billion
1977525 million72 million37 billion
1976551 million1 million33 billion
1975538 million1 million34.2 billion
1974256 million1 million32.9 billion
1973598 million1 million32.6 billion
1972520 million1 million28.7 billion
1971171 million1 million29.3 billion
1970217 million1 million22.1 billion
1969108 million–24.7 billion
1968236 million180 million22.4 billion
1967218 million144 million22.1 billion
196657 million225 million22.4 billion
1965149 million257 million23.1 billion
196425 million485 million24.2 billion
1963127 million450 million18.1 billion
196262 million415 million15.5 billion
1961212 million952 million15 billion
1960236 million2.36 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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