Japan vs Tanzania
Japan vs Tanzania: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.71 billion TIV, or 430 times that in Tanzania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Japan | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.72 billion | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.04 billion | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 852 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.47 billion | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.01 billion | 53 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 929 million | 9 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 992 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 764 million | 17 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 446 million | 2 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 332 million | 20 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 343 million | 20 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 14 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 341 million | 130 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 239 million | 115 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 300 million | 78 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 658 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 990 million | 29 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 990 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 553 million | 1 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 469 million | 12 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 375 million | 10 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 399 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 458 million | 51 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 442 million | 1 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 427 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 497 million | 2 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.26 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.49 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 843 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 876 million | 4 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.26 billion | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.02 billion | 5 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 2.13 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.52 billion | 18 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2.94 billion | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 2.68 billion | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 2.28 billion | 5 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.94 billion | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.89 billion | 1 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 1.97 billion | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.05 billion | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.69 billion | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 1.44 billion | 9 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.31 billion | 121 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.03 billion | 53 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 920 million | 260 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 901 million | 67 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 788 million | 47 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.48 billion | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.6 billion | 48 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 733 million | 185 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 468 million | 121 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 493 million | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 605 million | 60 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 502 million | 11 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 488 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 557 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 610 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 324 million | 22 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1.16 billion | 4 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.72 billion | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 239 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 263 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 335 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 790 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Japan vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020