China vs Malaysia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 207 million TIV in China in 2025 and 7 million TIV in Malaysia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 64 million TIV, or 10 times that in Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Malaysia	World
2025	207 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	7 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	11 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	71 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	133 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	51 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	68 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	93 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	197 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	270 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	118 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	75 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	82 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	4 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	213 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	1.28 billion	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	498 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	184 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	57 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	68 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	190 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	154 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	26 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	26 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	721 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	39 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	553 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	32 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	828 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	308 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	13 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	13 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	33 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	14 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	5 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	141 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	405 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	543 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	275 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	25 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	56 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	127 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	310 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	72 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	146 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	394 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	85 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	74 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	229 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	109 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	192 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	25 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	79 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	91 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	128 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	10 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	97 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	75 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	31 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	2 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	5 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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