China vs Italy

China vs Italy: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 1.92 billion TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.04 billion TIV, or 2.19 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

China vs Italy: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 1.92 billion TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.04 billion TIV, or 2.19 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Italy has been higher since 2025, when it overtook China.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaItalyWorld
2025880 million1.92 billion33.5 billion
20241.29 billion1.21 billion30.7 billion
20232.75 billion1.37 billion29.5 billion
20222.32 billion1.71 billion33.3 billion
20211.34 billion1.63 billion27.1 billion
2020645 million821 million24.1 billion
20191.6 billion372 million27 billion
20181.39 billion535 million27.4 billion
20171.64 billion703 million31.3 billion
20162.48 billion616 million31.5 billion
20151.84 billion671 million28.7 billion
20141.35 billion688 million27.1 billion
20132.1 billion884 million27.4 billion
20121.5 billion789 million27.9 billion
20111.31 billion964 million29.9 billion
20101.53 billion577 million25.8 billion
20091.14 billion512 million24.4 billion
2008598 million433 million24.1 billion
2007520 million700 million26.5 billion
2006769 million538 million24.5 billion
2005341 million832 million21.4 billion
2004408 million261 million21.3 billion
2003701 million359 million19.2 billion
2002524 million474 million17.7 billion
2001510 million267 million18.5 billion
2000309 million205 million20.5 billion
1999334 million516 million25.4 billion
1998349 million423 million27.9 billion
1997427 million447 million28.9 billion
1996764 million287 million23.7 billion
1995981 million301 million22.9 billion
19941.06 billion208 million23 billion
19931.44 billion342 million25.8 billion
1992672 million249 million24.3 billion
19911.32 billion354 million28.2 billion
1990955 million200 million30.2 billion
19891.06 billion316 million34.9 billion
19881.43 billion389 million36.8 billion
19872.6 billion626 million39.4 billion
19861.86 billion223 million39 billion
19851.29 billion868 million38.2 billion
19841.94 billion1.23 billion41.6 billion
19831.76 billion1.11 billion43.9 billion
19821.56 billion1.67 billion46.2 billion
1981707 million1.7 billion45.8 billion
1980943 million1.16 billion42.2 billion
1979553 million1.31 billion38.4 billion
1978611 million665 million42.4 billion
1977224 million505 million40 billion
1976580 million523 million36 billion
1975661 million520 million37.2 billion
1974508 million409 million36.6 billion
1973658 million328 million36.3 billion
19721.25 billion284 million34.5 billion
19711.31 billion383 million32.9 billion
1970905 million280 million25.3 billion
1969669 million325 million28.1 billion
1968746 million197 million26.1 billion
1967426 million144 million25.6 billion
1966628 million243 million25.8 billion
1965387 million296 million25.8 billion
196475 million385 million26.7 billion
196312 million241 million20.3 billion
196247 million262 million17.5 billion
196135 million246 million16.4 billion
1960285 million105 million17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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