Germany vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.6 billion TIV, or 49 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	Thailand	World
2025	1.63 billion	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	111 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	154 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	52 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	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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