Canada vs Philippines
Canada vs Philippines: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 763 million TIV, or 10 times that in Canada.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Philippines has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Philippines ranked 10 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
| Year | Canada | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 million | 846 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 198 million | 305 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 73 million | 108 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 214 million | 280 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | 365 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 248 million | 385 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 187 million | 191 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 185 million | 17 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 354 million | 278 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 246 million | 228 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 408 million | 153 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 12 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 202 million | 83 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 207 million | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 356 million | 63 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 242 million | 3 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 104 million | 1 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 423 million | 10 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 478 million | 16 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 97 million | 23 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 106 million | 12 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 341 million | 34 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 140 million | 10 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 418 million | 5 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 520 million | 10 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 529 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 143 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 111 million | 64 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 353 million | 72 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 419 million | 43 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 405 million | 30 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 473 million | 72 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 196 million | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 407 million | 43 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 767 million | 34 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 157 million | 33 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 37 million | 19 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 712 million | 12 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 787 million | 26 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 849 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 848 million | 23 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 654 million | 38 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 649 million | 116 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 277 million | 17 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 453 million | 39 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 442 million | 75 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 193 million | 92 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 130 million | 143 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 90 million | 198 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 53 million | 256 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | 133 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 229 million | 60 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 78 million | 106 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 376 million | 50 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 457 million | 90 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 623 million | 9 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 516 million | 26 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 336 million | 16 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 237 million | 43 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 306 million | 86 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 563 million | 99 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 742 million | 2 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.01 billion | 4 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.22 billion | 11 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.58 billion | 44 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 171 million | 50 million | 15.7 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Philippines
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Philippines: 47.9% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Philippines: 4 million TIV in 2007