Indonesia vs Japan

Indonesia vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 438 million TIV, or 1.34 times that in Indonesia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Indonesia vs Japan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 438 million TIV, or 1.34 times that in Indonesia.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Indonesia.
  • In 2025, Indonesia ranked 7 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

YearIndonesiaJapanWorld
20251.28 billion1.72 billion33.3 billion
2024185 million1.04 billion30.6 billion
2023390 million852 million29.5 billion
202286 million1.47 billion33 billion
2021366 million1.01 billion26.8 billion
2020283 million929 million23.4 billion
2019239 million992 million26.9 billion
2018357 million764 million27.3 billion
20171.17 billion446 million31.2 billion
2016352 million332 million31.4 billion
2015438 million343 million28.7 billion
20141.2 billion316 million27 billion
2013833 million341 million27.4 billion
2012162 million239 million27.9 billion
2011257 million300 million29.9 billion
2010221 million658 million25.8 billion
2009443 million990 million24 billion
2008239 million990 million24.1 billion
2007578 million553 million26.5 billion
200663 million469 million24.4 billion
200533 million375 million21.3 billion
200477 million399 million21.3 billion
2003353 million458 million19.2 billion
200267 million442 million17.7 billion
200122 million427 million18.3 billion
2000171 million497 million20.5 billion
1999161 million1.26 billion25.3 billion
199885 million1.49 billion27.9 billion
1997101 million843 million28.9 billion
1996378 million876 million23.7 billion
1995284 million1.26 billion22.9 billion
1994472 million1.02 billion22.8 billion
1993210 million2.13 billion25.8 billion
199251 million2.52 billion24.3 billion
199111 million2.94 billion27.8 billion
1990202 million2.68 billion28.6 billion
1989249 million2.28 billion31.7 billion
1988285 million2 billion32.9 billion
1987265 million1.94 billion36.2 billion
1986433 million1.89 billion35.5 billion
1985291 million1.97 billion33.2 billion
1984102 million2.05 billion36.8 billion
1983224 million1.69 billion39.1 billion
1982356 million1.44 billion41.4 billion
1981790 million1.31 billion42 billion
1980898 million1.03 billion37.4 billion
1979370 million920 million33.3 billion
1978124 million901 million39.2 billion
197762 million788 million37 billion
1976156 million1.48 billion33 billion
19754 million1.6 billion34.2 billion
197473 million733 million32.9 billion
197373 million468 million32.6 billion
19725 million493 million28.7 billion
197192 million605 million29.3 billion
197027 million502 million22.1 billion
19699 million488 million24.7 billion
19680557 million22.4 billion
19671 million610 million22.1 billion
196617 million324 million22.4 billion
1965317 million1.16 billion23.1 billion
1964596 million1.72 billion24.2 billion
1963206 million239 million18.1 billion
19621.03 billion263 million15.5 billion
1961780 million335 million15 billion
1960448 million790 million15.7 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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