Cambodia vs Laos: Arms imports

Arms imports: 56 million TIV in Cambodia in 2023 and 7 million TIV in Laos in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 53 million TIV, or 19 times that in Laos.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Cambodia has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Laos.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Cambodia	Laos	World
2025	–	–	33.3 billion
2024	–	7 million	30.6 billion
2023	56 million	3 million	29.5 billion
2022	38 million	–	33 billion
2021	35 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	17 million	23.4 billion
2019	1 million	27 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	136 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	–	31.4 billion
2015	–	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	–	27 billion
2013	68 million	19 million	27.4 billion
2012	78 million	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	15 million	29.9 billion
2010	34 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	4 million	26 million	24 billion
2008	–	7 million	24.1 billion
2007	56 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	14 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	–	4 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	0	19.2 billion
2002	–	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	7 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	30 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	22 million	27.9 billion
1997	22 million	43 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	3 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	48 million	8 million	28.6 billion
1989	124 million	–	31.7 billion
1988	10 million	18 million	32.9 billion
1987	50 million	29 million	36.2 billion
1986	136 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	69 million	59 million	33.2 billion
1984	67 million	26 million	36.8 billion
1983	13 million	94 million	39.1 billion
1982	–	1 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	54 million	42 billion
1980	34 million	35 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	–	33.3 billion
1978	43 million	26 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	134 million	37 billion
1976	–	21 million	33 billion
1975	–	37 million	34.2 billion
1974	25 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1973	114 million	44 million	32.6 billion
1972	104 million	14 million	28.7 billion
1971	22 million	17 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	23 million	22.1 billion
1969	18 million	10 million	24.7 billion
1968	15 million	4 million	22.4 billion
1967	20 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	37 million	14 million	22.4 billion
1965	43 million	7 million	23.1 billion
1964	41 million	7 million	24.2 billion
1963	11 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	5 million	19 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	3 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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