Canada vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 279 million TIV, or 9.45 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2021, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	312 million	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	131 million	27 billion
2018	108 million	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	–	23 billion
1993	152 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	83 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	–	40 billion
1976	259 million	–	36 billion
1975	59 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	66 million	–	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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