China vs Kyrgyzstan: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 34 million TIV in Kyrgyzstan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 846 million TIV, or 26 times that in Kyrgyzstan.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| China | 880 million 2025 | 1.84 billion |
| Kyrgyzstan | 34 million 2025 | 4 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1995.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | China | Kyrgyzstan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 880 million | 34 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.29 billion | 34 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.75 billion | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2.32 billion | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 1.34 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 645 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 1.6 billion | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.39 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.64 billion | 5 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.48 billion | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 1.84 billion | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.35 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 2.1 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.5 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.31 billion | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1.53 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.14 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 598 million | 14 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 520 million | 18 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 769 million | 18 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 341 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 408 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 701 million | 92 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 524 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 510 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 309 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 334 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 349 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 427 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 764 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 981 million | 57 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.06 billion | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 1.44 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 672 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.32 billion | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 955 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1.06 billion | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.43 billion | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 2.6 billion | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1.86 billion | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 1.29 billion | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.94 billion | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1.76 billion | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.56 billion | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 707 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 943 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 553 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 611 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 224 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 580 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 661 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 508 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 658 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 1.25 billion | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 1.31 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 905 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 669 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 746 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 426 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 628 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 387 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 75 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 12 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 47 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 35 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 285 million | – | 17.6 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.
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