Canada vs Vietnam

Canada vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 94 million TIV, or 2.13 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs Vietnam: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 94 million TIV, or 2.13 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Vietnam ranked 38 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

YearCanadaVietnamWorld
202583 million177 million33.3 billion
2024198 million58 million30.6 billion
202373 million45 million29.5 billion
2022214 million86 million33 billion
2021357 million235 million26.8 billion
2020248 million38 million23.4 billion
2019187 million166 million26.9 billion
2018185 million604 million27.3 billion
2017354 million783 million31.2 billion
2016246 million924 million31.4 billion
2015408 million869 million28.7 billion
2014316 million1.23 billion27 billion
2013202 million360 million27.4 billion
2012207 million782 million27.9 billion
2011356 million1.02 billion29.9 billion
2010242 million161 million25.8 billion
2009104 million61 million24 billion
2008423 million186 million24.1 billion
2007478 million8 million26.5 billion
200697 million42 million24.4 billion
2005106 million221 million21.3 billion
2004341 million299 million21.3 billion
2003140 million22 million19.2 billion
2002418 million58 million17.7 billion
2001520 million97 million18.3 billion
2000529 million11 million20.5 billion
1999143 million168 million25.3 billion
1998111 million209 million27.9 billion
1997353 million111 million28.9 billion
1996419 million214 million23.7 billion
1995405 million273 million22.9 billion
1994473 million–22.8 billion
1993196 million–25.8 billion
1992407 million–24.3 billion
1991767 million–27.8 billion
1990157 million116 million28.6 billion
198937 million128 million31.7 billion
1988712 million65 million32.9 billion
1987787 million50 million36.2 billion
1986849 million78 million35.5 billion
1985848 million28 million33.2 billion
1984654 million557 million36.8 billion
1983649 million916 million39.1 billion
1982277 million532 million41.4 billion
1981453 million1.07 billion42 billion
1980442 million1.02 billion37.4 billion
1979193 million1.25 billion33.3 billion
1978130 million227 million39.2 billion
197790 million42 million37 billion
197653 million42 million33 billion
1975195 million493 million34.2 billion
1974229 million859 million32.9 billion
197378 million1.28 billion32.6 billion
1972376 million1.32 billion28.7 billion
1971457 million1.2 billion29.3 billion
1970623 million1.21 billion22.1 billion
1969516 million909 million24.7 billion
1968336 million1.18 billion22.4 billion
1967237 million1.1 billion22.1 billion
1966306 million1.14 billion22.4 billion
1965563 million651 million23.1 billion
1964742 million266 million24.2 billion
19631.01 billion107 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion47 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion95 million15 billion
1960171 million103 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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