China vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.43 billion TIV, or 7.88 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2024, when it overtook China.
In 2025, China ranked 36 and Germany ranked 6 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

Year	China	Germany	World
2025	207 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	269 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	77 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	329 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	261 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	1 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	1 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	–	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	2.04 billion	15.7 billion

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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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