Canada vs United States

Canada vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 662 million TIV, or 8.98 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs United States: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 662 million TIV, or 8.98 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and United States ranked 13 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 StatesWorld
202583 million745 million33.3 billion
2024198 million1.05 billion30.6 billion
202373 million891 million29.5 billion
2022214 million846 million33 billion
2021357 million922 million26.8 billion
2020248 million806 million23.4 billion
2019187 million882 million26.9 billion
2018185 million379 million27.3 billion
2017354 million504 million31.2 billion
2016246 million447 million31.4 billion
2015408 million482 million28.7 billion
2014316 million568 million27 billion
2013202 million767 million27.4 billion
2012207 million1.14 billion27.9 billion
2011356 million937 million29.9 billion
2010242 million969 million25.8 billion
2009104 million939 million24 billion
2008423 million936 million24.1 billion
2007478 million842 million26.5 billion
200697 million706 million24.4 billion
2005106 million582 million21.3 billion
2004341 million596 million21.3 billion
2003140 million630 million19.2 billion
2002418 million515 million17.7 billion
2001520 million508 million18.3 billion
2000529 million333 million20.5 billion
1999143 million220 million25.3 billion
1998111 million262 million27.9 billion
1997353 million610 million28.9 billion
1996419 million601 million23.7 billion
1995405 million809 million22.9 billion
1994473 million951 million22.8 billion
1993196 million968 million25.8 billion
1992407 million540 million24.3 billion
1991767 million515 million27.8 billion
1990157 million363 million28.6 billion
198937 million1.78 billion31.7 billion
1988712 million1.79 billion32.9 billion
1987787 million2 billion36.2 billion
1986849 million424 million35.5 billion
1985848 million655 million33.2 billion
1984654 million381 million36.8 billion
1983649 million463 million39.1 billion
1982277 million248 million41.4 billion
1981453 million531 million42 billion
1980442 million380 million37.4 billion
1979193 million253 million33.3 billion
1978130 million369 million39.2 billion
197790 million384 million37 billion
197653 million499 million33 billion
1975195 million388 million34.2 billion
1974229 million586 million32.9 billion
197378 million656 million32.6 billion
1972376 million769 million28.7 billion
1971457 million578 million29.3 billion
1970623 million38 million22.1 billion
1969516 million50 million24.7 billion
1968336 million62 million22.4 billion
1967237 million88 million22.1 billion
1966306 million89 million22.4 billion
1965563 million170 million23.1 billion
1964742 million358 million24.2 billion
19631.01 billion283 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion236 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion198 million15 billion
1960171 million181 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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