Brazil vs Paraguay
Brazil vs Paraguay: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 24 million TIV in Paraguay, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 438 million TIV, or 19 times that in Paraguay.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Paraguay ranked 69 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 | Paraguay | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 24 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | 5 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | 2 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | 0 | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | 7 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 8 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 3 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | 1 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | 6 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | 2 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 | 1 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | 3 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | 6 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | 13 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 6 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 36 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 3 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | 0 | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 3 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 5 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 18 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | 9 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 20 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 12 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 1 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 0 | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 9 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | 5 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | 8 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | 11 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 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.
- 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 Paraguay
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Paraguay: 73.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Paraguay: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Paraguay: 14 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Paraguay: 64.2% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Paraguay: 2.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Paraguay: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Paraguay: 6.84 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Paraguay: 1.25% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Paraguay: 2.42 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Paraguay: 70.4% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Paraguay: 26.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Paraguay: 6.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Paraguay: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Paraguay: 0.88% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Paraguay: $406M in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Paraguay: $60 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Paraguay: 4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Paraguay: 29,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Paraguay: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Paraguay: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020