Brazil vs United Kingdom

Brazil vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 147 million TIV, or 1.32 times that in Brazil.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Brazil vs United Kingdom: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 147 million TIV, or 1.32 times that in Brazil.
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What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Brazil.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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

YearBrazilUnited KingdomWorld
2025462 million609 million33.3 billion
2024450 million486 million30.6 billion
2023193 million469 million29.5 billion
2022469 million859 million33 billion
2021240 million886 million26.8 billion
2020134 million635 million23.4 billion
2019125 million402 million26.9 billion
2018258 million463 million27.3 billion
201796 million1 billion31.2 billion
2016111 million288 million31.4 billion
2015202 million424 million28.7 billion
2014201 million217 million27 billion
2013217 million509 million27.4 billion
2012317 million566 million27.9 billion
2011231 million347 million29.9 billion
2010256 million461 million25.8 billion
2009135 million381 million24 billion
2008178 million575 million24.1 billion
2007188 million817 million26.5 billion
2006178 million375 million24.4 billion
2005223 million31 million21.3 billion
200485 million212 million21.3 billion
2003110 million770 million19.2 billion
2002221 million721 million17.7 billion
2001573 million1.29 billion18.3 billion
200086 million937 million20.5 billion
1999308 million132 million25.3 billion
1998200 million770 million27.9 billion
1997476 million513 million28.9 billion
1996547 million568 million23.7 billion
1995267 million496 million22.9 billion
1994311 million421 million22.8 billion
199366 million796 million25.8 billion
199298 million1.15 billion24.3 billion
1991161 million953 million27.8 billion
1990140 million130 million28.6 billion
1989742 million209 million31.7 billion
1988125 million285 million32.9 billion
1987234 million207 million36.2 billion
1986139 million273 million35.5 billion
198582 million355 million33.2 billion
1984123 million682 million36.8 billion
198388 million292 million39.1 billion
198272 million766 million41.4 billion
198161 million812 million42 billion
1980338 million557 million37.4 billion
1979375 million232 million33.3 billion
1978832 million191 million39.2 billion
1977525 million262 million37 billion
1976551 million251 million33 billion
1975538 million337 million34.2 billion
1974256 million319 million32.9 billion
1973598 million239 million32.6 billion
1972520 million222 million28.7 billion
1971171 million176 million29.3 billion
1970217 million70 million22.1 billion
1969108 million2.7 billion24.7 billion
1968236 million2.35 billion22.4 billion
1967218 million1.44 billion22.1 billion
196657 million242 million22.4 billion
1965149 million166 million23.1 billion
196425 million133 million24.2 billion
1963127 million159 million18.1 billion
196262 million38 million15.5 billion
1961212 million34 million15 billion
1960236 million26 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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