China vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 639 million TIV, or 4.09 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2024, when it overtook China.
In 2025, China ranked 36 and Philippines ranked 10 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Philippines	World
2025	207 million	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	280 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	12 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	1 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	–	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	–	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	39 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	50 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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