Canada vs China

Canada vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 124 million TIV, or 2.49 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs China: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 124 million TIV, or 2.49 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • China has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and China ranked 36 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCanadaChinaWorld
202583 million207 million33.3 billion
2024198 million71 million30.6 billion
202373 million428 million29.5 billion
2022214 million646 million33 billion
2021357 million685 million26.8 billion
2020248 million775 million23.4 billion
2019187 million1.57 billion26.9 billion
2018185 million2.25 billion27.3 billion
2017354 million1.55 billion31.2 billion
2016246 million1.21 billion31.4 billion
2015408 million1.19 billion28.7 billion
2014316 million1.03 billion27 billion
2013202 million1.22 billion27.4 billion
2012207 million1.54 billion27.9 billion
2011356 million1.03 billion29.9 billion
2010242 million940 million25.8 billion
2009104 million1.38 billion24 billion
2008423 million1.78 billion24.1 billion
2007478 million1.7 billion26.5 billion
200697 million2.83 billion24.4 billion
2005106 million3.47 billion21.3 billion
2004341 million3.24 billion21.3 billion
2003140 million2.33 billion19.2 billion
2002418 million2.83 billion17.7 billion
2001520 million2.76 billion18.3 billion
2000529 million2.47 billion20.5 billion
1999143 million1.72 billion25.3 billion
1998111 million375 million27.9 billion
1997353 million940 million28.9 billion
1996419 million1.5 billion23.7 billion
1995405 million701 million22.9 billion
1994473 million304 million22.8 billion
1993196 million1.23 billion25.8 billion
1992407 million1.18 billion24.3 billion
1991767 million439 million27.8 billion
1990157 million267 million28.6 billion
198937 million163 million31.7 billion
1988712 million97 million32.9 billion
1987787 million47 million36.2 billion
1986849 million11 million35.5 billion
1985848 million104 million33.2 billion
1984654 million62 million36.8 billion
1983649 million16 million39.1 billion
1982277 million5 million41.4 billion
1981453 million–42 billion
1980442 million4 million37.4 billion
1979193 million8 million33.3 billion
1978130 million83 million39.2 billion
197790 million72 million37 billion
197653 million1 million33 billion
1975195 million1 million34.2 billion
1974229 million1 million32.9 billion
197378 million1 million32.6 billion
1972376 million1 million28.7 billion
1971457 million1 million29.3 billion
1970623 million1 million22.1 billion
1969516 million–24.7 billion
1968336 million180 million22.4 billion
1967237 million144 million22.1 billion
1966306 million225 million22.4 billion
1965563 million257 million23.1 billion
1964742 million485 million24.2 billion
19631.01 billion450 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion415 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion952 million15 billion
1960171 million2.36 billion15.7 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.

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