Canada vs Japan

Canada vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.63 billion TIV, or 21 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs Japan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.63 billion TIV, or 21 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Japan ranked 5 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

YearCanadaJapanWorld
202583 million1.72 billion33.3 billion
2024198 million1.04 billion30.6 billion
202373 million852 million29.5 billion
2022214 million1.47 billion33 billion
2021357 million1.01 billion26.8 billion
2020248 million929 million23.4 billion
2019187 million992 million26.9 billion
2018185 million764 million27.3 billion
2017354 million446 million31.2 billion
2016246 million332 million31.4 billion
2015408 million343 million28.7 billion
2014316 million316 million27 billion
2013202 million341 million27.4 billion
2012207 million239 million27.9 billion
2011356 million300 million29.9 billion
2010242 million658 million25.8 billion
2009104 million990 million24 billion
2008423 million990 million24.1 billion
2007478 million553 million26.5 billion
200697 million469 million24.4 billion
2005106 million375 million21.3 billion
2004341 million399 million21.3 billion
2003140 million458 million19.2 billion
2002418 million442 million17.7 billion
2001520 million427 million18.3 billion
2000529 million497 million20.5 billion
1999143 million1.26 billion25.3 billion
1998111 million1.49 billion27.9 billion
1997353 million843 million28.9 billion
1996419 million876 million23.7 billion
1995405 million1.26 billion22.9 billion
1994473 million1.02 billion22.8 billion
1993196 million2.13 billion25.8 billion
1992407 million2.52 billion24.3 billion
1991767 million2.94 billion27.8 billion
1990157 million2.68 billion28.6 billion
198937 million2.28 billion31.7 billion
1988712 million2 billion32.9 billion
1987787 million1.94 billion36.2 billion
1986849 million1.89 billion35.5 billion
1985848 million1.97 billion33.2 billion
1984654 million2.05 billion36.8 billion
1983649 million1.69 billion39.1 billion
1982277 million1.44 billion41.4 billion
1981453 million1.31 billion42 billion
1980442 million1.03 billion37.4 billion
1979193 million920 million33.3 billion
1978130 million901 million39.2 billion
197790 million788 million37 billion
197653 million1.48 billion33 billion
1975195 million1.6 billion34.2 billion
1974229 million733 million32.9 billion
197378 million468 million32.6 billion
1972376 million493 million28.7 billion
1971457 million605 million29.3 billion
1970623 million502 million22.1 billion
1969516 million488 million24.7 billion
1968336 million557 million22.4 billion
1967237 million610 million22.1 billion
1966306 million324 million22.4 billion
1965563 million1.16 billion23.1 billion
1964742 million1.72 billion24.2 billion
19631.01 billion239 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion263 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion335 million15 billion
1960171 million790 million15.7 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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