Germany vs Japan

Germany vs Japan: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany and 28 million TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.67 billion TIV, or 61 times that in Japan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Germany vs Japan: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany and 28 million TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.67 billion TIV, or 61 times that in Japan.
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What the numbers say

  • Germany has been higher since 1962, when it overtook Japan.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearGermanyJapanWorld
20251.7 billion28 million33.5 billion
20242.11 billion21 million30.7 billion
20232.55 billion13 million29.5 billion
20221.51 billion–33.3 billion
2021852 million–27.1 billion
20201.15 billion–24.1 billion
2019978 million–27 billion
20181.1 billion3 million27.4 billion
20171.83 billion2 million31.3 billion
20162.51 billion–31.5 billion
20151.82 billion–28.7 billion
20141.83 billion–27.1 billion
2013721 million–27.4 billion
2012715 million–27.9 billion
20111.2 billion–29.9 billion
20102.36 billion–25.8 billion
20092.21 billion–24.4 billion
20082.38 billion–24.1 billion
20073.29 billion40 million26.5 billion
20062.48 billion–24.5 billion
20052.08 billion–21.4 billion
20041.09 billion–21.3 billion
20031.63 billion–19.2 billion
2002889 million–17.7 billion
2001851 million–18.5 billion
20001.67 billion–20.5 billion
19991.94 billion–25.4 billion
19981.84 billion–27.9 billion
1997951 million25 million28.9 billion
19961.95 billion165 million23.7 billion
19951.53 billion126 million22.9 billion
19942.91 billion130 million23 billion
19931.55 billion122 million25.8 billion
19921.52 billion101 million24.3 billion
19912.41 billion54 million28.2 billion
19901.82 billion30 million30.2 billion
19891.26 billion15 million34.9 billion
19881.38 billion–36.8 billion
1987908 million–39.4 billion
19861.35 billion92 million39 billion
19851.33 billion44 million38.2 billion
19842.93 billion17 million41.6 billion
19832.21 billion17 million43.9 billion
19821.51 billion–46.2 billion
19811.9 billion–45.8 billion
19801.6 billion167 million42.2 billion
19791.43 billion11 million38.4 billion
19781.6 billion9 million42.4 billion
19771.93 billion–40 billion
19761.66 billion–36 billion
19751.42 billion–37.2 billion
19741.19 billion55 million36.6 billion
1973222 million36 million36.3 billion
19721.36 billion9 million34.5 billion
19711.36 billion15 million32.9 billion
19701.58 billion–25.3 billion
1969882 million31 million28.1 billion
1968588 million–26.1 billion
1967758 million–25.6 billion
1966711 million5 million25.8 billion
1965327 million–25.8 billion
1964437 million14 million26.7 billion
1963133 million8 million20.3 billion
1962146 million100 million17.5 billion
196112 million61 million16.4 billion
1960156 million1 million17.6 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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