China vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 279 million TIV, or 1.46 times that in Netherlands.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Netherlands.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Netherlands	World
2025	880 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.29 billion	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	2.75 billion	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.32 billion	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	1.34 billion	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	645 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	1.6 billion	304 million	27 billion
2018	1.39 billion	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	1.64 billion	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	2.48 billion	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	1.84 billion	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.35 billion	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	2.1 billion	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.5 billion	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.31 billion	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.53 billion	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.14 billion	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	598 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	520 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	769 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	341 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	408 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	701 million	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	524 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	510 million	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	309 million	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	334 million	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	349 million	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	427 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	764 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	981 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.06 billion	628 million	23 billion
1993	1.44 billion	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	672 million	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.32 billion	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	955 million	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	1.06 billion	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	1.43 billion	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	2.6 billion	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	1.86 billion	357 million	39 billion
1985	1.29 billion	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	1.94 billion	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	1.76 billion	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	1.56 billion	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	707 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	943 million	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	553 million	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	611 million	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	224 million	444 million	40 billion
1976	580 million	293 million	36 billion
1975	661 million	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	508 million	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	658 million	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	1.25 billion	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	1.31 billion	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	905 million	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	669 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	746 million	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	426 million	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	628 million	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	387 million	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	75 million	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	12 million	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	47 million	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	35 million	105 million	16.4 billion
1960	285 million	38 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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