China vs Japan

China vs Japan: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 28 million TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 852 million TIV, or 31 times that in Japan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

China vs Japan: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 28 million TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 852 million TIV, or 31 times that in Japan.
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What the numbers say

  • China has been higher since 1963, when it overtook Japan.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaJapanWorld
2025880 million28 million33.5 billion
20241.29 billion21 million30.7 billion
20232.75 billion13 million29.5 billion
20222.32 billion–33.3 billion
20211.34 billion–27.1 billion
2020645 million–24.1 billion
20191.6 billion–27 billion
20181.39 billion3 million27.4 billion
20171.64 billion2 million31.3 billion
20162.48 billion–31.5 billion
20151.84 billion–28.7 billion
20141.35 billion–27.1 billion
20132.1 billion–27.4 billion
20121.5 billion–27.9 billion
20111.31 billion–29.9 billion
20101.53 billion–25.8 billion
20091.14 billion–24.4 billion
2008598 million–24.1 billion
2007520 million40 million26.5 billion
2006769 million–24.5 billion
2005341 million–21.4 billion
2004408 million–21.3 billion
2003701 million–19.2 billion
2002524 million–17.7 billion
2001510 million–18.5 billion
2000309 million–20.5 billion
1999334 million–25.4 billion
1998349 million–27.9 billion
1997427 million25 million28.9 billion
1996764 million165 million23.7 billion
1995981 million126 million22.9 billion
19941.06 billion130 million23 billion
19931.44 billion122 million25.8 billion
1992672 million101 million24.3 billion
19911.32 billion54 million28.2 billion
1990955 million30 million30.2 billion
19891.06 billion15 million34.9 billion
19881.43 billion–36.8 billion
19872.6 billion–39.4 billion
19861.86 billion92 million39 billion
19851.29 billion44 million38.2 billion
19841.94 billion17 million41.6 billion
19831.76 billion17 million43.9 billion
19821.56 billion–46.2 billion
1981707 million–45.8 billion
1980943 million167 million42.2 billion
1979553 million11 million38.4 billion
1978611 million9 million42.4 billion
1977224 million–40 billion
1976580 million–36 billion
1975661 million–37.2 billion
1974508 million55 million36.6 billion
1973658 million36 million36.3 billion
19721.25 billion9 million34.5 billion
19711.31 billion15 million32.9 billion
1970905 million–25.3 billion
1969669 million31 million28.1 billion
1968746 million–26.1 billion
1967426 million–25.6 billion
1966628 million5 million25.8 billion
1965387 million–25.8 billion
196475 million14 million26.7 billion
196312 million8 million20.3 billion
196247 million100 million17.5 billion
196135 million61 million16.4 billion
1960285 million1 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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