Italy vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 389 million TIV, or 3.2 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, Italy ranked 18 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	Italy	Vietnam	World
2025	566 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	494 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	425 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	237 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	211 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	201 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	178 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	275 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	709 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	734 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	237 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	127 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	71 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	189 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	286 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	98 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	94 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	159 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	467 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	136 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	490 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	617 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	240 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	234 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	278 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	25 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	56 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	474 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	265 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	322 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	180 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	205 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	192 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	210 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	155 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	196 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	183 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	198 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	205 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	273 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	303 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	241 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	129 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	468 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	591 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	682 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	517 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	711 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	1.02 billion	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.12 billion	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.02 billion	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1.77 billion	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1.1 billion	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	685 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	611 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	196 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	107 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	412 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	736 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.14 billion	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.22 billion	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	886 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	427 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	409 million	103 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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