Cambodia vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports: 56 million TIV in Cambodia in 2023 and 177 million TIV in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 11 million TIV, or 1.24 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Cambodia	Vietnam	World
2025	–	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	56 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	38 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	35 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	1 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	68 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	78 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	34 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	4 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	–	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	56 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	14 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	22 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	273 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	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	124 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	10 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	50 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	136 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	69 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	67 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	13 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	–	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	34 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	–	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	43 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	42 million	37 billion
1976	–	42 million	33 billion
1975	–	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	25 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	114 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	104 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	22 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	18 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	15 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	20 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	37 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	43 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	41 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	11 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	5 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	103 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.
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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