Brazil vs Germany

Brazil vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.17 billion TIV, or 3.53 times that in Brazil.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Brazil vs Germany: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.17 billion TIV, or 3.53 times that in Brazil.
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What the numbers say

  • Germany has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Brazil.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Germany ranked 6 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

YearBrazilGermanyWorld
2025462 million1.63 billion33.3 billion
2024450 million240 million30.6 billion
2023193 million203 million29.5 billion
2022469 million269 million33 billion
2021240 million235 million26.8 billion
2020134 million105 million23.4 billion
2019125 million38 million26.9 billion
2018258 million14 million27.3 billion
201796 million43 million31.2 billion
2016111 million55 million31.4 billion
2015202 million119 million28.7 billion
2014201 million77 million27 billion
2013217 million103 million27.4 billion
2012317 million140 million27.9 billion
2011231 million79 million29.9 billion
2010256 million301 million25.8 billion
2009135 million329 million24 billion
2008178 million277 million24.1 billion
2007188 million46 million26.5 billion
2006178 million413 million24.4 billion
2005223 million206 million21.3 billion
200485 million245 million21.3 billion
2003110 million70 million19.2 billion
2002221 million71 million17.7 billion
2001573 million133 million18.3 billion
200086 million113 million20.5 billion
1999308 million129 million25.3 billion
1998200 million618 million27.9 billion
1997476 million60 million28.9 billion
1996547 million244 million23.7 billion
1995267 million222 million22.9 billion
1994311 million417 million22.8 billion
199366 million529 million25.8 billion
199298 million716 million24.3 billion
1991161 million750 million27.8 billion
1990140 million757 million28.6 billion
1989742 million701 million31.7 billion
1988125 million447 million32.9 billion
1987234 million340 million36.2 billion
1986139 million322 million35.5 billion
198582 million130 million33.2 billion
1984123 million412 million36.8 billion
198388 million434 million39.1 billion
198272 million453 million41.4 billion
198161 million261 million42 billion
1980338 million150 million37.4 billion
1979375 million65 million33.3 billion
1978832 million661 million39.2 billion
1977525 million1.01 billion37 billion
1976551 million1.36 billion33 billion
1975538 million1.83 billion34.2 billion
1974256 million2.14 billion32.9 billion
1973598 million1.72 billion32.6 billion
1972520 million796 million28.7 billion
1971171 million2.24 billion29.3 billion
1970217 million1.26 billion22.1 billion
1969108 million1.23 billion24.7 billion
1968236 million1.25 billion22.4 billion
1967218 million1.39 billion22.1 billion
196657 million3.39 billion22.4 billion
1965149 million3.52 billion23.1 billion
196425 million3.83 billion24.2 billion
1963127 million3.31 billion18.1 billion
196262 million2.5 billion15.5 billion
1961212 million2.09 billion15 billion
1960236 million2.04 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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