China vs Tajikistan
China vs Tajikistan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 75 million TIV in Tajikistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 132 million TIV, or 2.76 times that in Tajikistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
- In 2025, China ranked 36 and Tajikistan ranked 50 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 | Tajikistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 207 million | 75 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 71 million | 0 | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 428 million | 0 | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 646 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 685 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 775 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.57 billion | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 2.25 billion | 4 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1.55 billion | 19 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.21 billion | 7 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.19 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.03 billion | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1.22 billion | 4 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.54 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.03 billion | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 940 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.38 billion | 34 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.78 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 1.7 billion | 7 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2.83 billion | 13 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3.47 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 3.24 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2.33 billion | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 2.83 billion | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2.76 billion | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 2.47 billion | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.72 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 375 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 940 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.5 billion | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 701 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 304 million | 29 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 1.23 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.18 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 439 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 267 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 163 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 97 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 47 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 11 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 104 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 62 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 16 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 5 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 4 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 8 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 83 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 72 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 180 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 144 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 225 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 257 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 485 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 450 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 415 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 952 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 2.36 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
China vs Tajikistan
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Tajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Tajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Tajikistan: 2.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Tajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Tajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Tajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Tajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Tajikistan: 26.2% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Tajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Tajikistan: 3.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Tajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Tajikistan: 1.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Tajikistan: $220M in 2025
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Tajikistan: $23 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Tajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020Tajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Tajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Tajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020