France vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 203 million TIV, or 7.15 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, France ranked 34 and Thailand ranked 60 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	France	Thailand	World
2025	236 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	104 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	186 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	45 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	526 million	28 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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