Indonesia vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.1 billion TIV, or 7.21 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Indonesia has been higher since 2023.
In 2025, Indonesia ranked 7 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	1.28 billion	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	185 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	390 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	86 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	366 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	283 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	239 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	357 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.17 billion	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	352 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	438 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.2 billion	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	833 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	162 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	257 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	221 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	443 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	239 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	578 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	63 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	77 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	353 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	67 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	22 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	171 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	161 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	85 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	101 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	378 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	284 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	472 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	210 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	51 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	202 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	249 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	285 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	265 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	433 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	291 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	102 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	224 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	356 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	790 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	898 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	370 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	124 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	156 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	4 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	73 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	73 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	5 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	92 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	27 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	9 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	0	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	17 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	317 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	596 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	206 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.03 billion	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	780 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	448 million	103 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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