Canada vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 390 million TIV, or 2.25 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	United Kingdom	World
2025	312 million	702 million	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	884 million	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	1.32 billion	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	1.74 billion	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	639 million	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	652 million	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	886 million	27 billion
2018	108 million	682 million	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	1.1 billion	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	1.34 billion	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	1.18 billion	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	1.66 billion	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	1.51 billion	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	813 million	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	1 billion	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	1.15 billion	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	1.07 billion	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	931 million	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	924 million	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	957 million	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	990 million	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	1.23 billion	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	769 million	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	1.08 billion	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	1.35 billion	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	1.62 billion	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	1.32 billion	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	1.4 billion	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	2.36 billion	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	1.62 billion	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	1.46 billion	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	1.53 billion	23 billion
1993	152 million	1.38 billion	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	1.09 billion	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	1.53 billion	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	1.84 billion	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	3.5 billion	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	2.53 billion	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	3.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	1.99 billion	39 billion
1985	83 million	2.14 billion	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	2.53 billion	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	2.54 billion	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	2.52 billion	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	2.36 billion	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	1.57 billion	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	1.54 billion	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	2.21 billion	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	2.2 billion	40 billion
1976	259 million	2.52 billion	36 billion
1975	59 million	2.23 billion	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	2.25 billion	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	2.79 billion	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	2.68 billion	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	2.35 billion	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	982 million	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	1.62 billion	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	1.68 billion	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	1.88 billion	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	1.42 billion	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	1.5 billion	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	1.41 billion	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	1.24 billion	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	1.07 billion	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	1.4 billion	16.4 billion
1960	66 million	2.19 billion	17.6 billion

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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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