China vs Spain: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 539 million TIV, or 2.58 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Spain.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Spain	World
2025	880 million	341 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.29 billion	606 million	30.7 billion
2023	2.75 billion	912 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.32 billion	1.01 billion	33.3 billion
2021	1.34 billion	676 million	27.1 billion
2020	645 million	1.01 billion	24.1 billion
2019	1.6 billion	318 million	27 billion
2018	1.39 billion	705 million	27.4 billion
2017	1.64 billion	820 million	31.3 billion
2016	2.48 billion	481 million	31.5 billion
2015	1.84 billion	982 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.35 billion	962 million	27.1 billion
2013	2.1 billion	450 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.5 billion	266 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.31 billion	997 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.53 billion	273 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.14 billion	984 million	24.4 billion
2008	598 million	626 million	24.1 billion
2007	520 million	628 million	26.5 billion
2006	769 million	898 million	24.5 billion
2005	341 million	113 million	21.4 billion
2004	408 million	54 million	21.3 billion
2003	701 million	99 million	19.2 billion
2002	524 million	18 million	17.7 billion
2001	510 million	8 million	18.5 billion
2000	309 million	47 million	20.5 billion
1999	334 million	46 million	25.4 billion
1998	349 million	174 million	27.9 billion
1997	427 million	605 million	28.9 billion
1996	764 million	112 million	23.7 billion
1995	981 million	88 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.06 billion	253 million	23 billion
1993	1.44 billion	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	672 million	70 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.32 billion	103 million	28.2 billion
1990	955 million	116 million	30.2 billion
1989	1.06 billion	167 million	34.9 billion
1988	1.43 billion	136 million	36.8 billion
1987	2.6 billion	152 million	39.4 billion
1986	1.86 billion	197 million	39 billion
1985	1.29 billion	92 million	38.2 billion
1984	1.94 billion	244 million	41.6 billion
1983	1.76 billion	367 million	43.9 billion
1982	1.56 billion	263 million	46.2 billion
1981	707 million	135 million	45.8 billion
1980	943 million	10 million	42.2 billion
1979	553 million	18 million	38.4 billion
1978	611 million	38 million	42.4 billion
1977	224 million	25 million	40 billion
1976	580 million	46 million	36 billion
1975	661 million	272 million	37.2 billion
1974	508 million	82 million	36.6 billion
1973	658 million	18 million	36.3 billion
1972	1.25 billion	18 million	34.5 billion
1971	1.31 billion	140 million	32.9 billion
1970	905 million	70 million	25.3 billion
1969	669 million	10 million	28.1 billion
1968	746 million	12 million	26.1 billion
1967	426 million	12 million	25.6 billion
1966	628 million	26 million	25.8 billion
1965	387 million	33 million	25.8 billion
1964	75 million	12 million	26.7 billion
1963	12 million	10 million	20.3 billion
1962	47 million	10 million	17.5 billion
1961	35 million	8 million	16.4 billion
1960	285 million	2 million	17.6 billion

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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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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