Canada vs Thailand

Canada vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 50 million TIV, or 2.52 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs Thailand: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 50 million TIV, or 2.52 times that in Thailand.
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What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Thailand ranked 60 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

YearCanadaThailandWorld
202583 million33 million33.3 billion
2024198 million73 million30.6 billion
202373 million290 million29.5 billion
2022214 million271 million33 billion
2021357 million151 million26.8 billion
2020248 million141 million23.4 billion
2019187 million293 million26.9 billion
2018185 million636 million27.3 billion
2017354 million317 million31.2 billion
2016246 million346 million31.4 billion
2015408 million184 million28.7 billion
2014316 million107 million27 billion
2013202 million383 million27.4 billion
2012207 million278 million27.9 billion
2011356 million252 million29.9 billion
2010242 million60 million25.8 billion
2009104 million63 million24 billion
2008423 million16 million24.1 billion
2007478 million8 million26.5 billion
200697 million99 million24.4 billion
2005106 million115 million21.3 billion
2004341 million138 million21.3 billion
2003140 million131 million19.2 billion
2002418 million152 million17.7 billion
2001520 million109 million18.3 billion
2000529 million77 million20.5 billion
1999143 million160 million25.3 billion
1998111 million62 million27.9 billion
1997353 million910 million28.9 billion
1996419 million741 million23.7 billion
1995405 million530 million22.9 billion
1994473 million608 million22.8 billion
1993196 million182 million25.8 billion
1992407 million429 million24.3 billion
1991767 million575 million27.8 billion
1990157 million235 million28.6 billion
198937 million284 million31.7 billion
1988712 million623 million32.9 billion
1987787 million539 million36.2 billion
1986849 million162 million35.5 billion
1985848 million185 million33.2 billion
1984654 million360 million36.8 billion
1983649 million247 million39.1 billion
1982277 million81 million41.4 billion
1981453 million350 million42 billion
1980442 million318 million37.4 billion
1979193 million326 million33.3 billion
1978130 million192 million39.2 billion
197790 million111 million37 billion
197653 million154 million33 billion
1975195 million90 million34.2 billion
1974229 million114 million32.9 billion
197378 million321 million32.6 billion
1972376 million147 million28.7 billion
1971457 million243 million29.3 billion
1970623 million258 million22.1 billion
1969516 million121 million24.7 billion
1968336 million88 million22.4 billion
1967237 million140 million22.1 billion
1966306 million58 million22.4 billion
1965563 million87 million23.1 billion
1964742 million84 million24.2 billion
19631.01 billion111 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion113 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion52 million15 billion
1960171 million28 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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