Brazil vs United States

Brazil vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 283 million TIV, or 1.61 times that in Brazil.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Brazil vs United States: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 283 million TIV, or 1.61 times that in Brazil.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Brazil.
  • In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and United States ranked 13 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 StatesWorld
2025462 million745 million33.3 billion
2024450 million1.05 billion30.6 billion
2023193 million891 million29.5 billion
2022469 million846 million33 billion
2021240 million922 million26.8 billion
2020134 million806 million23.4 billion
2019125 million882 million26.9 billion
2018258 million379 million27.3 billion
201796 million504 million31.2 billion
2016111 million447 million31.4 billion
2015202 million482 million28.7 billion
2014201 million568 million27 billion
2013217 million767 million27.4 billion
2012317 million1.14 billion27.9 billion
2011231 million937 million29.9 billion
2010256 million969 million25.8 billion
2009135 million939 million24 billion
2008178 million936 million24.1 billion
2007188 million842 million26.5 billion
2006178 million706 million24.4 billion
2005223 million582 million21.3 billion
200485 million596 million21.3 billion
2003110 million630 million19.2 billion
2002221 million515 million17.7 billion
2001573 million508 million18.3 billion
200086 million333 million20.5 billion
1999308 million220 million25.3 billion
1998200 million262 million27.9 billion
1997476 million610 million28.9 billion
1996547 million601 million23.7 billion
1995267 million809 million22.9 billion
1994311 million951 million22.8 billion
199366 million968 million25.8 billion
199298 million540 million24.3 billion
1991161 million515 million27.8 billion
1990140 million363 million28.6 billion
1989742 million1.78 billion31.7 billion
1988125 million1.79 billion32.9 billion
1987234 million2 billion36.2 billion
1986139 million424 million35.5 billion
198582 million655 million33.2 billion
1984123 million381 million36.8 billion
198388 million463 million39.1 billion
198272 million248 million41.4 billion
198161 million531 million42 billion
1980338 million380 million37.4 billion
1979375 million253 million33.3 billion
1978832 million369 million39.2 billion
1977525 million384 million37 billion
1976551 million499 million33 billion
1975538 million388 million34.2 billion
1974256 million586 million32.9 billion
1973598 million656 million32.6 billion
1972520 million769 million28.7 billion
1971171 million578 million29.3 billion
1970217 million38 million22.1 billion
1969108 million50 million24.7 billion
1968236 million62 million22.4 billion
1967218 million88 million22.1 billion
196657 million89 million22.4 billion
1965149 million170 million23.1 billion
196425 million358 million24.2 billion
1963127 million283 million18.1 billion
196262 million236 million15.5 billion
1961212 million198 million15 billion
1960236 million181 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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