Germany vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 83 million TIV, or 1.05 times that in Germany.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 1978, when it overtook Germany.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 and Japan ranked 5 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	Germany	Japan	World
2025	1.63 billion	1.72 billion	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	1.04 billion	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	852 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	1.47 billion	33 billion
2021	235 million	1.01 billion	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	929 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	992 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	764 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	446 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	332 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	343 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	341 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	239 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	300 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	658 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	990 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	990 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	553 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	469 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	375 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	399 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	458 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	442 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	427 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	497 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	1.26 billion	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	1.49 billion	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	843 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	876 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	1.26 billion	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	1.02 billion	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	2.13 billion	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	2.52 billion	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	2.94 billion	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	2.68 billion	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	2.28 billion	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	2 billion	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	1.94 billion	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	1.89 billion	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	1.97 billion	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	2.05 billion	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	1.69 billion	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	1.44 billion	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	1.31 billion	42 billion
1980	150 million	1.03 billion	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	920 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	901 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	788 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	1.48 billion	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	1.6 billion	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	733 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	468 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	493 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	605 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	502 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	488 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	557 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	610 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	324 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	1.72 billion	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	239 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	263 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	335 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	790 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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