Canada vs China: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 880 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 568 million TIV, or 2.82 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1965, when it overtook Canada.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	China	World
2025	312 million	880 million	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	1.29 billion	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	2.75 billion	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	2.32 billion	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	1.34 billion	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	645 million	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	1.6 billion	27 billion
2018	108 million	1.39 billion	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	1.64 billion	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	2.48 billion	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	1.84 billion	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	1.35 billion	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	2.1 billion	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	1.5 billion	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	1.31 billion	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	1.53 billion	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	1.14 billion	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	598 million	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	520 million	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	769 million	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	341 million	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	408 million	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	701 million	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	524 million	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	510 million	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	309 million	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	334 million	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	349 million	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	427 million	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	764 million	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	981 million	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	1.06 billion	23 billion
1993	152 million	1.44 billion	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	672 million	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	1.32 billion	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	955 million	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	1.06 billion	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	1.43 billion	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	2.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	1.86 billion	39 billion
1985	83 million	1.29 billion	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	1.94 billion	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	1.76 billion	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	1.56 billion	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	707 million	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	943 million	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	553 million	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	611 million	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	224 million	40 billion
1976	259 million	580 million	36 billion
1975	59 million	661 million	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	508 million	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	658 million	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	1.25 billion	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	905 million	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	669 million	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	746 million	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	426 million	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	628 million	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	387 million	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	75 million	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	12 million	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	47 million	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	35 million	16.4 billion
1960	66 million	285 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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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