Cambodia vs Japan
Cambodia vs Japan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 56 million TIV in Cambodia in 2023 and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Japan, by 796 million TIV, or 15 times that in Cambodia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.72 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 1.04 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 56 million | 852 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 38 million | 1.47 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 35 million | 1.01 billion | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 929 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 992 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 5 million | 764 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 446 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 332 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 343 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 316 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 68 million | 341 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 78 million | 239 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 300 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 34 million | 658 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 4 million | 990 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 990 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 56 million | 553 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 14 million | 469 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 375 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 399 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 458 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 442 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 427 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 497 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.26 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.49 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 22 million | 843 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 27 million | 876 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 1.26 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 74 million | 1.02 billion | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 3 million | 2.13 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 2.52 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 2.94 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 48 million | 2.68 billion | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 124 million | 2.28 billion | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 10 million | 2 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 50 million | 1.94 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 136 million | 1.89 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 69 million | 1.97 billion | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 67 million | 2.05 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 13 million | 1.69 billion | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 1.44 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 1.31 billion | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 34 million | 1.03 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 920 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 43 million | 901 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 788 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 1.48 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 1.6 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 25 million | 733 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 114 million | 468 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 104 million | 493 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 22 million | 605 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | 502 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 18 million | 488 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 15 million | 557 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 20 million | 610 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 37 million | 324 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 43 million | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 41 million | 1.72 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 11 million | 239 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 5 million | 263 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | 335 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 1 million | 790 million | 15.7 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cambodia vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025