Japan vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 869 million TIV, or 2.03 times that in Philippines.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2025, Japan ranked 5 and Philippines ranked 10 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	Japan	Philippines	World
2025	1.72 billion	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	280 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	12 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	1 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	–	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	–	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	39 million	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	256 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	790 million	50 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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