Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 13 million TIV in Dominican Republic, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 449 million TIV, or 36 times that in Dominican Republic.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 462 million 2025 | 202 million | 23 of 110 |
| Dominican Republic | 13 million 2025 | 1 million | 80 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Dominican Republic ranked 80 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 | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 13 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | 10 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | 9 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | 5 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | 4 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | 0 | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | 1 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 12 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 51 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | 10 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | 2 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | 36 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | 9 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | 0 | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | 5 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | 13 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | 1 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | 6 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | 4 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 267 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 311 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 66 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 98 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 0 | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 2 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 36 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 5 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 9 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 12 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 2 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 7 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 2 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | 0 | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 9 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 10 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | 5 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | 7 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | 0 | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 million | 15 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 236 million | 9 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.
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