Cambodia vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports: 56 million TIV in Cambodia in 2023 and 207 million TIV in China in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in China, by 372 million TIV, or 7.64 times that in Cambodia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Cambodia.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Cambodia	China	World
2025	–	207 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	71 million	30.6 billion
2023	56 million	428 million	29.5 billion
2022	38 million	646 million	33 billion
2021	35 million	685 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	775 million	23.4 billion
2019	1 million	1.57 billion	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	2.25 billion	27.3 billion
2017	–	1.55 billion	31.2 billion
2016	–	1.21 billion	31.4 billion
2015	–	1.19 billion	28.7 billion
2014	–	1.03 billion	27 billion
2013	68 million	1.22 billion	27.4 billion
2012	78 million	1.54 billion	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.03 billion	29.9 billion
2010	34 million	940 million	25.8 billion
2009	4 million	1.38 billion	24 billion
2008	–	1.78 billion	24.1 billion
2007	56 million	1.7 billion	26.5 billion
2006	14 million	2.83 billion	24.4 billion
2005	–	3.47 billion	21.3 billion
2004	–	3.24 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	2.33 billion	19.2 billion
2002	–	2.83 billion	17.7 billion
2001	–	2.76 billion	18.3 billion
2000	–	2.47 billion	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.72 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	375 million	27.9 billion
1997	22 million	940 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	1.5 billion	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	701 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	304 million	22.8 billion
1993	3 million	1.23 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.18 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	439 million	27.8 billion
1990	48 million	267 million	28.6 billion
1989	124 million	163 million	31.7 billion
1988	10 million	97 million	32.9 billion
1987	50 million	47 million	36.2 billion
1986	136 million	11 million	35.5 billion
1985	69 million	104 million	33.2 billion
1984	67 million	62 million	36.8 billion
1983	13 million	16 million	39.1 billion
1982	–	5 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	–	42 billion
1980	34 million	4 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	8 million	33.3 billion
1978	43 million	83 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	72 million	37 billion
1976	–	1 million	33 billion
1975	–	1 million	34.2 billion
1974	25 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1973	114 million	1 million	32.6 billion
1972	104 million	1 million	28.7 billion
1971	22 million	1 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1969	18 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	15 million	180 million	22.4 billion
1967	20 million	144 million	22.1 billion
1966	37 million	225 million	22.4 billion
1965	43 million	257 million	23.1 billion
1964	41 million	485 million	24.2 billion
1963	11 million	450 million	18.1 billion
1962	5 million	415 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	952 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	2.36 billion	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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