China vs Papua New Guinea

China vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 207 million TIV in China in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in China, by 419 million TIV, or 48 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

China vs Papua New Guinea: Arms importsArms imports: 207 million TIV in China in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in China, by 419 million TIV, or 48 times that in Papua New Guinea.
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What the numbers say

  • China has been higher since 1977, when it overtook Papua New Guinea.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaPapua New GuineaWorld
2025207 million–33.3 billion
202471 million–30.6 billion
2023428 million9 million29.5 billion
2022646 million–33 billion
2021685 million14 million26.8 billion
2020775 million–23.4 billion
20191.57 billion–26.9 billion
20182.25 billion8 million27.3 billion
20171.55 billion031.2 billion
20161.21 billion–31.4 billion
20151.19 billion–28.7 billion
20141.03 billion3 million27 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 billion–24.4 billion
20053.47 billion–21.3 billion
20043.24 billion–21.3 billion
20032.33 billion–19.2 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 million7 million28.9 billion
19961.5 billion1 million23.7 billion
1995701 million–22.9 billion
1994304 million1 million22.8 billion
19931.23 billion–25.8 billion
19921.18 billion10 million24.3 billion
1991439 million10 million27.8 billion
1990267 million4 million28.6 billion
1989163 million6 million31.7 billion
198897 million6 million32.9 billion
198747 million12 million36.2 billion
198611 million8 million35.5 billion
1985104 million–33.2 billion
198462 million2 million36.8 billion
198316 million–39.1 billion
19825 million4 million41.4 billion
1981–2 million42 billion
19804 million–37.4 billion
19798 million–33.3 billion
197883 million2 million39.2 billion
197772 million3 million37 billion
19761 million–33 billion
19751 million32 million34.2 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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