Germany vs Vietnam: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany in 2025 and 10 million TIV in Vietnam in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.09 billion TIV, or 110 times that in Vietnam.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1.7 billion 2025 | 1.82 billion |
| Vietnam | 10 million 2018 | — |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1972.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 billion TIV in 2018.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Germany | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 billion | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.11 billion | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.55 billion | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.51 billion | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 852 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 1.15 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 978 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.1 billion | 10 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.83 billion | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.51 billion | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 1.82 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.83 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 721 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 715 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.2 billion | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.36 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 2.21 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 2.38 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 3.29 billion | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2.48 billion | 14 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 2.08 billion | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 1.09 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.63 billion | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 889 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 851 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 1.67 billion | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.94 billion | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1.84 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 951 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.95 billion | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.53 billion | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.91 billion | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 1.55 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.52 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2.41 billion | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.82 billion | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1.26 billion | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.38 billion | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 908 million | 11 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1.35 billion | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 1.33 billion | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 2.21 billion | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.51 billion | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.9 billion | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.6 billion | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.43 billion | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 1.6 billion | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 1.93 billion | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 1.66 billion | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 1.42 billion | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.19 billion | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 222 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 1.36 billion | 0 | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 1.36 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.58 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 882 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 588 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 758 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 711 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 327 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 437 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 133 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 146 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 12 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 156 million | – | 17.6 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.
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