Brazil vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 362 million TIV, or 1.78 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 2025, when it overtook Brazil.
In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Netherlands ranked 12 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	Netherlands	World
2025	462 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	450 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	193 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	469 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	240 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	134 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	125 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	258 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	96 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	111 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	202 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	201 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	217 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	317 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	231 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	256 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	135 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	178 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	188 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	178 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	223 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	85 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	110 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	221 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	573 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	86 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	308 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	200 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	476 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	547 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	267 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	311 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	66 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	98 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	161 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	742 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	125 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	234 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	139 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	82 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	123 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	88 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	72 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	61 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	338 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	375 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	832 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	525 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	551 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	538 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	598 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	520 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	217 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	108 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	236 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	218 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	57 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	149 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	25 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	127 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	62 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	212 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	236 million	255 million	15.7 billion

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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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