Japan vs Malaysia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan in 2025 and 7 million TIV in Malaysia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.04 billion TIV, or 150 times that in Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Japan	Malaysia	World
2025	1.72 billion	–	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	7 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	11 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	71 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	133 million	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	51 million	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	68 million	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	93 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	197 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	270 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	118 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	75 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	82 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	4 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	213 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	1.28 billion	24 billion
2008	990 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	498 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	184 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	57 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	68 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	190 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	154 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	26 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	26 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	721 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	39 million	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	553 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	32 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	828 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	308 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	13 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	13 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	33 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	–	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	14 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	5 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	141 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	405 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	543 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	275 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	25 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	56 million	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	127 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	310 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	72 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	146 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	394 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	85 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	74 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	229 million	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	109 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	192 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	25 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	79 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	91 million	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	128 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	10 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	97 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	75 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	31 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	2 million	15 billion
1960	790 million	5 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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