Brazil vs Japan

Brazil vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.25 billion TIV, or 3.71 times that in Brazil.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Brazil vs Japan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.25 billion TIV, or 3.71 times that in Brazil.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Brazil.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Japan ranked 5 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

YearBrazilJapanWorld
2025462 million1.72 billion33.3 billion
2024450 million1.04 billion30.6 billion
2023193 million852 million29.5 billion
2022469 million1.47 billion33 billion
2021240 million1.01 billion26.8 billion
2020134 million929 million23.4 billion
2019125 million992 million26.9 billion
2018258 million764 million27.3 billion
201796 million446 million31.2 billion
2016111 million332 million31.4 billion
2015202 million343 million28.7 billion
2014201 million316 million27 billion
2013217 million341 million27.4 billion
2012317 million239 million27.9 billion
2011231 million300 million29.9 billion
2010256 million658 million25.8 billion
2009135 million990 million24 billion
2008178 million990 million24.1 billion
2007188 million553 million26.5 billion
2006178 million469 million24.4 billion
2005223 million375 million21.3 billion
200485 million399 million21.3 billion
2003110 million458 million19.2 billion
2002221 million442 million17.7 billion
2001573 million427 million18.3 billion
200086 million497 million20.5 billion
1999308 million1.26 billion25.3 billion
1998200 million1.49 billion27.9 billion
1997476 million843 million28.9 billion
1996547 million876 million23.7 billion
1995267 million1.26 billion22.9 billion
1994311 million1.02 billion22.8 billion
199366 million2.13 billion25.8 billion
199298 million2.52 billion24.3 billion
1991161 million2.94 billion27.8 billion
1990140 million2.68 billion28.6 billion
1989742 million2.28 billion31.7 billion
1988125 million2 billion32.9 billion
1987234 million1.94 billion36.2 billion
1986139 million1.89 billion35.5 billion
198582 million1.97 billion33.2 billion
1984123 million2.05 billion36.8 billion
198388 million1.69 billion39.1 billion
198272 million1.44 billion41.4 billion
198161 million1.31 billion42 billion
1980338 million1.03 billion37.4 billion
1979375 million920 million33.3 billion
1978832 million901 million39.2 billion
1977525 million788 million37 billion
1976551 million1.48 billion33 billion
1975538 million1.6 billion34.2 billion
1974256 million733 million32.9 billion
1973598 million468 million32.6 billion
1972520 million493 million28.7 billion
1971171 million605 million29.3 billion
1970217 million502 million22.1 billion
1969108 million488 million24.7 billion
1968236 million557 million22.4 billion
1967218 million610 million22.1 billion
196657 million324 million22.4 billion
1965149 million1.16 billion23.1 billion
196425 million1.72 billion24.2 billion
1963127 million239 million18.1 billion
196262 million263 million15.5 billion
1961212 million335 million15 billion
1960236 million790 million15.7 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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