China vs Kyrgyzstan

China vs Kyrgyzstan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 207 million TIV in China in 2025 and 54 million TIV in Kyrgyzstan in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in China, by 374 million TIV, or 7.93 times that in Kyrgyzstan.

ChinaKyrgyzstan
Watch it change on the map

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

All yearsSince 1990Since 2010
ValuesChange
LinearLog
World
China vs Kyrgyzstan: Arms importsArms imports: 207 million TIV in China in 2025 and 54 million TIV in Kyrgyzstan in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in China, by 374 million TIV, or 7.93 times that in Kyrgyzstan.
ChinaKyrgyzstan

Latest figures

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2025
China207 million 20251.19 billion36 of 110
Kyrgyzstan54 million 2023——
World33.3 billion 202528.7 billion

What the numbers say

  • China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaKyrgyzstanWorld
2025207 million–33.3 billion
202471 million–30.6 billion
2023428 million54 million29.5 billion
2022646 million14 million33 billion
2021685 million5 million26.8 billion
2020775 million–23.4 billion
20191.57 billion15 million26.9 billion
20182.25 billion1 million27.3 billion
20171.55 billion12 million31.2 billion
20161.21 billion8 million31.4 billion
20151.19 billion4 million28.7 billion
20141.03 billion–27 billion
20131.22 billion–27.4 billion
20121.54 billion–27.9 billion
20111.03 billion–29.9 billion
2010940 million–25.8 billion
20091.38 billion–24 billion
20081.78 billion–24.1 billion
20071.7 billion–26.5 billion
20062.83 billion2 million24.4 billion
20053.47 billion3 million21.3 billion
20043.24 billion6 million21.3 billion
20032.33 billion10 million19.2 billion
20022.83 billion–17.7 billion
20012.76 billion–18.3 billion
20002.47 billion–20.5 billion
19991.72 billion–25.3 billion
1998375 million–27.9 billion
1997940 million–28.9 billion
19961.5 billion–23.7 billion
1995701 million–22.9 billion
1994304 million–22.8 billion
19931.23 billion–25.8 billion
19921.18 billion–24.3 billion
1991439 million–27.8 billion
1990267 million–28.6 billion
1989163 million–31.7 billion
198897 million–32.9 billion
198747 million–36.2 billion
198611 million–35.5 billion
1985104 million–33.2 billion
198462 million–36.8 billion
198316 million–39.1 billion
19825 million–41.4 billion
1981––42 billion
19804 million–37.4 billion
19798 million–33.3 billion
197883 million–39.2 billion
197772 million–37 billion
19761 million–33 billion
19751 million–34.2 billion
19741 million–32.9 billion
19731 million–32.6 billion
19721 million–28.7 billion
19711 million–29.3 billion
19701 million–22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968180 million–22.4 billion
1967144 million–22.1 billion
1966225 million–22.4 billion
1965257 million–23.1 billion
1964485 million–24.2 billion
1963450 million–18.1 billion
1962415 million–15.5 billion
1961952 million–15 billion
19602.36 billion–15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time