Italy vs Japan

Italy vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.15 billion TIV, or 3.03 times that in Italy.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Italy vs Japan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.15 billion TIV, or 3.03 times that in Italy.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Italy.
  • In 2025, Italy ranked 18 and Japan ranked 5 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

YearItalyJapanWorld
2025566 million1.72 billion33.3 billion
2024494 million1.04 billion30.6 billion
2023425 million852 million29.5 billion
2022237 million1.47 billion33 billion
2021211 million1.01 billion26.8 billion
2020201 million929 million23.4 billion
2019178 million992 million26.9 billion
2018275 million764 million27.3 billion
2017709 million446 million31.2 billion
2016734 million332 million31.4 billion
2015237 million343 million28.7 billion
2014127 million316 million27 billion
201371 million341 million27.4 billion
2012189 million239 million27.9 billion
2011286 million300 million29.9 billion
201098 million658 million25.8 billion
200994 million990 million24 billion
2008159 million990 million24.1 billion
2007467 million553 million26.5 billion
2006384 million469 million24.4 billion
2005136 million375 million21.3 billion
2004490 million399 million21.3 billion
2003617 million458 million19.2 billion
2002240 million442 million17.7 billion
2001234 million427 million18.3 billion
2000278 million497 million20.5 billion
199925 million1.26 billion25.3 billion
199856 million1.49 billion27.9 billion
1997474 million843 million28.9 billion
1996265 million876 million23.7 billion
1995322 million1.26 billion22.9 billion
1994180 million1.02 billion22.8 billion
1993205 million2.13 billion25.8 billion
1992192 million2.52 billion24.3 billion
1991210 million2.94 billion27.8 billion
1990155 million2.68 billion28.6 billion
1989196 million2.28 billion31.7 billion
1988179 million2 billion32.9 billion
1987183 million1.94 billion36.2 billion
1986198 million1.89 billion35.5 billion
1985205 million1.97 billion33.2 billion
1984273 million2.05 billion36.8 billion
1983303 million1.69 billion39.1 billion
1982241 million1.44 billion41.4 billion
1981129 million1.31 billion42 billion
1980468 million1.03 billion37.4 billion
1979591 million920 million33.3 billion
1978682 million901 million39.2 billion
1977517 million788 million37 billion
1976711 million1.48 billion33 billion
19751.02 billion1.6 billion34.2 billion
19741.12 billion733 million32.9 billion
19731.02 billion468 million32.6 billion
19721.77 billion493 million28.7 billion
19711.1 billion605 million29.3 billion
1970685 million502 million22.1 billion
1969611 million488 million24.7 billion
1968196 million557 million22.4 billion
1967107 million610 million22.1 billion
1966412 million324 million22.4 billion
1965736 million1.16 billion23.1 billion
19641.14 billion1.72 billion24.2 billion
19631.22 billion239 million18.1 billion
1962886 million263 million15.5 billion
1961427 million335 million15 billion
1960409 million790 million15.7 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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