Brazil vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 153 million TIV in Brazil and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 448 million TIV, or 3.93 times that in Brazil.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 1986, when it overtook Brazil.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	Netherlands	World
2025	153 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	112 million	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	54 million	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	10 million	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	86 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	164 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	21 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	102 million	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	36 million	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	134 million	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	53 million	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	31 million	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	31 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	32 million	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	147 million	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	44 million	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	93 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	54 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	44 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	1 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	46 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	18 million	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	27 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	54 million	628 million	23 billion
1993	40 million	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	99 million	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	129 million	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	108 million	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	53 million	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	208 million	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	216 million	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	140 million	357 million	39 billion
1985	209 million	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	280 million	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	204 million	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	128 million	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	71 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	160 million	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	80 million	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	204 million	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	156 million	444 million	40 billion
1976	76 million	293 million	36 billion
1975	69 million	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	12 million	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	18 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	–	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	12 million	105 million	16.4 billion
1960	2 million	38 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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