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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1.63 billion 2025 | 119 million | 6 of 110 |
| Japan | 1.72 billion 2025 | 343 million | 5 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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