Germany vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.46 billion TIV, or 9.22 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2022.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	1.63 billion	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	103 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	150 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	42 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	42 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	95 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	103 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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