Indonesia vs Malaysia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia in 2025 and 7 million TIV in Malaysia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 178 million TIV, or 26 times that in Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Indonesia has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Indonesia	Malaysia	World
2025	1.28 billion	–	33.3 billion
2024	185 million	7 million	30.6 billion
2023	390 million	11 million	29.5 billion
2022	86 million	71 million	33 billion
2021	366 million	133 million	26.8 billion
2020	283 million	51 million	23.4 billion
2019	239 million	68 million	26.9 billion
2018	357 million	93 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.17 billion	197 million	31.2 billion
2016	352 million	270 million	31.4 billion
2015	438 million	118 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.2 billion	75 million	27 billion
2013	833 million	82 million	27.4 billion
2012	162 million	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	257 million	4 million	29.9 billion
2010	221 million	213 million	25.8 billion
2009	443 million	1.28 billion	24 billion
2008	239 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	578 million	498 million	26.5 billion
2006	63 million	184 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	57 million	21.3 billion
2004	77 million	68 million	21.3 billion
2003	353 million	190 million	19.2 billion
2002	67 million	154 million	17.7 billion
2001	22 million	26 million	18.3 billion
2000	171 million	26 million	20.5 billion
1999	161 million	721 million	25.3 billion
1998	85 million	39 million	27.9 billion
1997	101 million	553 million	28.9 billion
1996	378 million	32 million	23.7 billion
1995	284 million	828 million	22.9 billion
1994	472 million	308 million	22.8 billion
1993	210 million	13 million	25.8 billion
1992	51 million	13 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	33 million	27.8 billion
1990	202 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	249 million	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	285 million	14 million	32.9 billion
1987	265 million	5 million	36.2 billion
1986	433 million	141 million	35.5 billion
1985	291 million	405 million	33.2 billion
1984	102 million	543 million	36.8 billion
1983	224 million	275 million	39.1 billion
1982	356 million	25 million	41.4 billion
1981	790 million	56 million	42 billion
1980	898 million	127 million	37.4 billion
1979	370 million	310 million	33.3 billion
1978	124 million	72 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	146 million	37 billion
1976	156 million	394 million	33 billion
1975	4 million	85 million	34.2 billion
1974	73 million	74 million	32.9 billion
1973	73 million	229 million	32.6 billion
1972	5 million	109 million	28.7 billion
1971	92 million	192 million	29.3 billion
1970	27 million	25 million	22.1 billion
1969	9 million	79 million	24.7 billion
1968	0	91 million	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	128 million	22.1 billion
1966	17 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	317 million	10 million	23.1 billion
1964	596 million	97 million	24.2 billion
1963	206 million	75 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.03 billion	31 million	15.5 billion
1961	780 million	2 million	15 billion
1960	448 million	5 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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