Canada vs United Kingdom

Canada vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 526 million TIV, or 7.34 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs United Kingdom: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 526 million TIV, or 7.34 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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

YearCanadaUnited KingdomWorld
202583 million609 million33.3 billion
2024198 million486 million30.6 billion
202373 million469 million29.5 billion
2022214 million859 million33 billion
2021357 million886 million26.8 billion
2020248 million635 million23.4 billion
2019187 million402 million26.9 billion
2018185 million463 million27.3 billion
2017354 million1 billion31.2 billion
2016246 million288 million31.4 billion
2015408 million424 million28.7 billion
2014316 million217 million27 billion
2013202 million509 million27.4 billion
2012207 million566 million27.9 billion
2011356 million347 million29.9 billion
2010242 million461 million25.8 billion
2009104 million381 million24 billion
2008423 million575 million24.1 billion
2007478 million817 million26.5 billion
200697 million375 million24.4 billion
2005106 million31 million21.3 billion
2004341 million212 million21.3 billion
2003140 million770 million19.2 billion
2002418 million721 million17.7 billion
2001520 million1.29 billion18.3 billion
2000529 million937 million20.5 billion
1999143 million132 million25.3 billion
1998111 million770 million27.9 billion
1997353 million513 million28.9 billion
1996419 million568 million23.7 billion
1995405 million496 million22.9 billion
1994473 million421 million22.8 billion
1993196 million796 million25.8 billion
1992407 million1.15 billion24.3 billion
1991767 million953 million27.8 billion
1990157 million130 million28.6 billion
198937 million209 million31.7 billion
1988712 million285 million32.9 billion
1987787 million207 million36.2 billion
1986849 million273 million35.5 billion
1985848 million355 million33.2 billion
1984654 million682 million36.8 billion
1983649 million292 million39.1 billion
1982277 million766 million41.4 billion
1981453 million812 million42 billion
1980442 million557 million37.4 billion
1979193 million232 million33.3 billion
1978130 million191 million39.2 billion
197790 million262 million37 billion
197653 million251 million33 billion
1975195 million337 million34.2 billion
1974229 million319 million32.9 billion
197378 million239 million32.6 billion
1972376 million222 million28.7 billion
1971457 million176 million29.3 billion
1970623 million70 million22.1 billion
1969516 million2.7 billion24.7 billion
1968336 million2.35 billion22.4 billion
1967237 million1.44 billion22.1 billion
1966306 million242 million22.4 billion
1965563 million166 million23.1 billion
1964742 million133 million24.2 billion
19631.01 billion159 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion38 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion34 million15 billion
1960171 million26 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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