China vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 30 million TIV, or 1.14 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2024, when it overtook China.
In 2025, China ranked 36 and Spain ranked 33 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	Spain	World
2025	207 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	109 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	228 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	636 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	214 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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