Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea

Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 381 million TIV, or 43 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea: Arms importsArms imports: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 381 million TIV, or 43 times that in Papua New Guinea.
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What the numbers say

  • Indonesia has been higher since 1977, when it overtook Papua New Guinea.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIndonesiaPapua New GuineaWorld
20251.28 billion–33.3 billion
2024185 million–30.6 billion
2023390 million9 million29.5 billion
202286 million–33 billion
2021366 million14 million26.8 billion
2020283 million–23.4 billion
2019239 million–26.9 billion
2018357 million8 million27.3 billion
20171.17 billion031.2 billion
2016352 million–31.4 billion
2015438 million–28.7 billion
20141.2 billion3 million27 billion
2013833 million–27.4 billion
2012162 million–27.9 billion
2011257 million–29.9 billion
2010221 million–25.8 billion
2009443 million–24 billion
2008239 million–24.1 billion
2007578 million–26.5 billion
200663 million–24.4 billion
200533 million–21.3 billion
200477 million–21.3 billion
2003353 million–19.2 billion
200267 million–17.7 billion
200122 million–18.3 billion
2000171 million–20.5 billion
1999161 million–25.3 billion
199885 million–27.9 billion
1997101 million7 million28.9 billion
1996378 million1 million23.7 billion
1995284 million–22.9 billion
1994472 million1 million22.8 billion
1993210 million–25.8 billion
199251 million10 million24.3 billion
199111 million10 million27.8 billion
1990202 million4 million28.6 billion
1989249 million6 million31.7 billion
1988285 million6 million32.9 billion
1987265 million12 million36.2 billion
1986433 million8 million35.5 billion
1985291 million–33.2 billion
1984102 million2 million36.8 billion
1983224 million–39.1 billion
1982356 million4 million41.4 billion
1981790 million2 million42 billion
1980898 million–37.4 billion
1979370 million–33.3 billion
1978124 million2 million39.2 billion
197762 million3 million37 billion
1976156 million–33 billion
19754 million32 million34.2 billion
197473 million–32.9 billion
197373 million–32.6 billion
19725 million–28.7 billion
197192 million–29.3 billion
197027 million–22.1 billion
19699 million–24.7 billion
19680–22.4 billion
19671 million–22.1 billion
196617 million–22.4 billion
1965317 million–23.1 billion
1964596 million–24.2 billion
1963206 million–18.1 billion
19621.03 billion–15.5 billion
1961780 million–15 billion
1960448 million–15.7 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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