China vs United States

China vs United States: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.1 billion TIV, or 16 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

China vs United States: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.1 billion TIV, or 16 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaUnited StatesWorld
2025880 million14 billion33.5 billion
20241.29 billion13.7 billion30.7 billion
20232.75 billion10.9 billion29.5 billion
20222.32 billion14.5 billion33.3 billion
20211.34 billion11.6 billion27.1 billion
2020645 million9.73 billion24.1 billion
20191.6 billion10.5 billion27 billion
20181.39 billion9.26 billion27.4 billion
20171.64 billion11.4 billion31.3 billion
20162.48 billion9.89 billion31.5 billion
20151.84 billion10.3 billion28.7 billion
20141.35 billion9.46 billion27.1 billion
20132.1 billion7.77 billion27.4 billion
20121.5 billion8.97 billion27.9 billion
20111.31 billion9.04 billion29.9 billion
20101.53 billion8.35 billion25.8 billion
20091.14 billion7.15 billion24.4 billion
2008598 million7.09 billion24.1 billion
2007520 million7.87 billion26.5 billion
2006769 million7.5 billion24.5 billion
2005341 million6.72 billion21.4 billion
2004408 million6.87 billion21.3 billion
2003701 million5.68 billion19.2 billion
2002524 million4.87 billion17.7 billion
2001510 million5.59 billion18.5 billion
2000309 million7.68 billion20.5 billion
1999334 million11.6 billion25.4 billion
1998349 million15.8 billion27.9 billion
1997427 million14.5 billion28.9 billion
1996764 million10.8 billion23.7 billion
1995981 million11.2 billion22.9 billion
19941.06 billion11.5 billion23 billion
19931.44 billion13.8 billion25.8 billion
1992672 million14.1 billion24.3 billion
19911.32 billion12.6 billion28.2 billion
1990955 million10.7 billion30.2 billion
19891.06 billion11.4 billion34.9 billion
19881.43 billion12 billion36.8 billion
19872.6 billion12.2 billion39.4 billion
19861.86 billion11.6 billion39 billion
19851.29 billion10.8 billion38.2 billion
19841.94 billion11.9 billion41.6 billion
19831.76 billion13.8 billion43.9 billion
19821.56 billion14 billion46.2 billion
1981707 million13.7 billion45.8 billion
1980943 million10.7 billion42.2 billion
1979553 million9.79 billion38.4 billion
1978611 million13.5 billion42.4 billion
1977224 million14.3 billion40 billion
1976580 million15.7 billion36 billion
1975661 million15.3 billion37.2 billion
1974508 million12.7 billion36.6 billion
1973658 million12 billion36.3 billion
19721.25 billion10.7 billion34.5 billion
19711.31 billion11.6 billion32.9 billion
1970905 million8.35 billion25.3 billion
1969669 million11.6 billion28.1 billion
1968746 million8.62 billion26.1 billion
1967426 million7.44 billion25.6 billion
1966628 million8.94 billion25.8 billion
1965387 million12 billion25.8 billion
196475 million12.5 billion26.7 billion
196312 million9.43 billion20.3 billion
196247 million6.13 billion17.5 billion
196135 million6.29 billion16.4 billion
1960285 million6.13 billion17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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