Japan vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.48 billion TIV, or 7.24 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 1974, when it overtook Spain.
In 2025, Japan ranked 5 and Spain ranked 33 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	Spain	World
2025	1.72 billion	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	198 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	636 million	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	831 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	790 million	214 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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