Japan vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.57 billion TIV, or 12 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Japan has been higher since 1964, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Japan	Sweden	World
2025	1.72 billion	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	318 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	495 million	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	214 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	790 million	227 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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