Indonesia vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 668 million TIV, or 2.1 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Indonesia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook United Kingdom.
In 2025, Indonesia ranked 7 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	Indonesia	United Kingdom	World
2025	1.28 billion	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	185 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	390 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	86 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	366 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	283 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	239 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	357 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.17 billion	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	352 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	438 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.2 billion	217 million	27 billion
2013	833 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	162 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	257 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	221 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	443 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	239 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	578 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	63 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	77 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	353 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	67 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	22 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	171 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	161 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	85 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	101 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	378 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	284 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	472 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	210 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	51 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	202 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	249 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	285 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	265 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	433 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	291 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	102 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	224 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	356 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	790 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	898 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	370 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	124 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	156 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	4 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	73 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	73 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	5 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	92 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	27 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	9 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	0	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	17 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	317 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	596 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	206 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.03 billion	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	780 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	448 million	26 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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