Indonesia vs Thailand
Indonesia vs Thailand: Arms exports
Arms exports: 17 million TIV in Indonesia in 2021 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 12 million TIV, or 3.4 times that in Thailand.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Thailand.
- The world as a whole: 27.1 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Indonesia | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 15 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 17 million | 5 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | 2 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 15 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 94 million | 4 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 85 million | 2 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 4 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 9 million | 79 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 9 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 27 million | 7 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 7 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 54 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 18 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 54 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 27 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 18 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 8 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 4 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 9 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 12 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 7 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Indonesia vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025