China vs Indonesia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.07 billion TIV, or 6.17 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Indonesia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook China.
In 2025, China ranked 36 and Indonesia ranked 7 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	Indonesia	World
2025	207 million	1.28 billion	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	185 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	390 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	366 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	283 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	239 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	357 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	1.17 billion	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	352 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	438 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	1.2 billion	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	833 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	162 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	257 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	221 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	443 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	239 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	578 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	63 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	33 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	77 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	353 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	67 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	22 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	171 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	161 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	85 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	101 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	378 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	284 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	472 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	210 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	51 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	202 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	249 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	265 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	433 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	291 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	102 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	224 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	356 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	790 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	898 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	370 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	124 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	62 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	156 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	4 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	73 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	73 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	5 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	92 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	27 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	9 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	0	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	317 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	596 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	206 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	1.03 billion	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	780 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	448 million	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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