Canada vs United States: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.7 billion TIV, or 45 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States 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 States	World
2025	312 million	14 billion	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	13.7 billion	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	10.9 billion	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	14.5 billion	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	11.6 billion	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	9.73 billion	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	10.5 billion	27 billion
2018	108 million	9.26 billion	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	11.4 billion	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	9.89 billion	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	10.3 billion	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	9.46 billion	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	7.77 billion	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	8.97 billion	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	9.04 billion	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	8.35 billion	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	7.15 billion	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	7.09 billion	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	7.87 billion	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	7.5 billion	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	6.72 billion	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	6.87 billion	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	5.68 billion	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	4.87 billion	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	5.59 billion	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	7.68 billion	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	11.6 billion	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	15.8 billion	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	14.5 billion	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	10.8 billion	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	11.2 billion	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	11.5 billion	23 billion
1993	152 million	13.8 billion	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	14.1 billion	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	12.6 billion	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	10.7 billion	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	11.4 billion	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	12 billion	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	12.2 billion	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	11.6 billion	39 billion
1985	83 million	10.8 billion	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	11.9 billion	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	13.8 billion	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	14 billion	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	13.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	10.7 billion	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	9.79 billion	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	13.5 billion	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	14.3 billion	40 billion
1976	259 million	15.7 billion	36 billion
1975	59 million	15.3 billion	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	12.7 billion	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	12 billion	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	10.7 billion	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	11.6 billion	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	8.35 billion	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	11.6 billion	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	8.62 billion	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	7.44 billion	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	8.94 billion	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	12 billion	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	12.5 billion	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	9.43 billion	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	6.13 billion	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	6.29 billion	16.4 billion
1960	66 million	6.13 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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