Canada vs Germany

Canada vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.55 billion TIV, or 20 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs Germany: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.55 billion TIV, or 20 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • Germany has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Germany ranked 6 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

YearCanadaGermanyWorld
202583 million1.63 billion33.3 billion
2024198 million240 million30.6 billion
202373 million203 million29.5 billion
2022214 million269 million33 billion
2021357 million235 million26.8 billion
2020248 million105 million23.4 billion
2019187 million38 million26.9 billion
2018185 million14 million27.3 billion
2017354 million43 million31.2 billion
2016246 million55 million31.4 billion
2015408 million119 million28.7 billion
2014316 million77 million27 billion
2013202 million103 million27.4 billion
2012207 million140 million27.9 billion
2011356 million79 million29.9 billion
2010242 million301 million25.8 billion
2009104 million329 million24 billion
2008423 million277 million24.1 billion
2007478 million46 million26.5 billion
200697 million413 million24.4 billion
2005106 million206 million21.3 billion
2004341 million245 million21.3 billion
2003140 million70 million19.2 billion
2002418 million71 million17.7 billion
2001520 million133 million18.3 billion
2000529 million113 million20.5 billion
1999143 million129 million25.3 billion
1998111 million618 million27.9 billion
1997353 million60 million28.9 billion
1996419 million244 million23.7 billion
1995405 million222 million22.9 billion
1994473 million417 million22.8 billion
1993196 million529 million25.8 billion
1992407 million716 million24.3 billion
1991767 million750 million27.8 billion
1990157 million757 million28.6 billion
198937 million701 million31.7 billion
1988712 million447 million32.9 billion
1987787 million340 million36.2 billion
1986849 million322 million35.5 billion
1985848 million130 million33.2 billion
1984654 million412 million36.8 billion
1983649 million434 million39.1 billion
1982277 million453 million41.4 billion
1981453 million261 million42 billion
1980442 million150 million37.4 billion
1979193 million65 million33.3 billion
1978130 million661 million39.2 billion
197790 million1.01 billion37 billion
197653 million1.36 billion33 billion
1975195 million1.83 billion34.2 billion
1974229 million2.14 billion32.9 billion
197378 million1.72 billion32.6 billion
1972376 million796 million28.7 billion
1971457 million2.24 billion29.3 billion
1970623 million1.26 billion22.1 billion
1969516 million1.23 billion24.7 billion
1968336 million1.25 billion22.4 billion
1967237 million1.39 billion22.1 billion
1966306 million3.39 billion22.4 billion
1965563 million3.52 billion23.1 billion
1964742 million3.83 billion24.2 billion
19631.01 billion3.31 billion18.1 billion
19621.22 billion2.5 billion15.5 billion
19611.58 billion2.09 billion15 billion
1960171 million2.04 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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