Brazil vs Indonesia
Brazil vs Indonesia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 815 million TIV, or 2.76 times that in Brazil.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Indonesia ranked 7 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 | Indonesia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 1.28 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | 185 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | 390 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | 86 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | 366 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | 283 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | 239 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | 357 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | 1.17 billion | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | 352 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | 438 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | 1.2 billion | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | 833 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | 162 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 257 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 221 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | 443 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | 239 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | 578 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | 63 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | 33 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | 77 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | 353 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | 67 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | 22 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | 171 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | 161 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | 85 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | 101 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | 378 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 267 million | 284 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 311 million | 472 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 66 million | 210 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 98 million | 51 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | 11 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | 202 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | 249 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | 285 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | 265 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 433 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 291 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 102 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | 224 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 356 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 790 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 898 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | 370 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | 124 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | 62 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 156 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 4 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | 73 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 73 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 5 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 92 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 27 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | 9 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 0 | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 17 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 317 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | 596 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | 206 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | 1.03 billion | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 million | 780 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 236 million | 448 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 Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Indonesia: 30.3% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021