China vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 203 million TIV, or 52 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1986, when it overtook Tanzania.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Tanzania	World
2025	207 million	4 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	–	33 billion
2021	685 million	53 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	9 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	–	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	20 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	20 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	14 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	130 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	115 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	78 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	29 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	–	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	1 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	12 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	10 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	–	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	51 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	1 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	–	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	2 million	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	4 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	5 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	18 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	5 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	1 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	9 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	121 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	53 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	260 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	67 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	47 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	–	33 billion
1975	1 million	48 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	185 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	121 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	51 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	60 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	11 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	4 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	4 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

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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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