Japan vs Thailand

Japan vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.68 billion TIV, or 52 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Japan vs Thailand: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.68 billion TIV, or 52 times that in Thailand.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Thailand.
  • In 2025, Japan ranked 5 and Thailand ranked 60 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

YearJapanThailandWorld
20251.72 billion33 million33.3 billion
20241.04 billion73 million30.6 billion
2023852 million290 million29.5 billion
20221.47 billion271 million33 billion
20211.01 billion151 million26.8 billion
2020929 million141 million23.4 billion
2019992 million293 million26.9 billion
2018764 million636 million27.3 billion
2017446 million317 million31.2 billion
2016332 million346 million31.4 billion
2015343 million184 million28.7 billion
2014316 million107 million27 billion
2013341 million383 million27.4 billion
2012239 million278 million27.9 billion
2011300 million252 million29.9 billion
2010658 million60 million25.8 billion
2009990 million63 million24 billion
2008990 million16 million24.1 billion
2007553 million8 million26.5 billion
2006469 million99 million24.4 billion
2005375 million115 million21.3 billion
2004399 million138 million21.3 billion
2003458 million131 million19.2 billion
2002442 million152 million17.7 billion
2001427 million109 million18.3 billion
2000497 million77 million20.5 billion
19991.26 billion160 million25.3 billion
19981.49 billion62 million27.9 billion
1997843 million910 million28.9 billion
1996876 million741 million23.7 billion
19951.26 billion530 million22.9 billion
19941.02 billion608 million22.8 billion
19932.13 billion182 million25.8 billion
19922.52 billion429 million24.3 billion
19912.94 billion575 million27.8 billion
19902.68 billion235 million28.6 billion
19892.28 billion284 million31.7 billion
19882 billion623 million32.9 billion
19871.94 billion539 million36.2 billion
19861.89 billion162 million35.5 billion
19851.97 billion185 million33.2 billion
19842.05 billion360 million36.8 billion
19831.69 billion247 million39.1 billion
19821.44 billion81 million41.4 billion
19811.31 billion350 million42 billion
19801.03 billion318 million37.4 billion
1979920 million326 million33.3 billion
1978901 million192 million39.2 billion
1977788 million111 million37 billion
19761.48 billion154 million33 billion
19751.6 billion90 million34.2 billion
1974733 million114 million32.9 billion
1973468 million321 million32.6 billion
1972493 million147 million28.7 billion
1971605 million243 million29.3 billion
1970502 million258 million22.1 billion
1969488 million121 million24.7 billion
1968557 million88 million22.4 billion
1967610 million140 million22.1 billion
1966324 million58 million22.4 billion
19651.16 billion87 million23.1 billion
19641.72 billion84 million24.2 billion
1963239 million111 million18.1 billion
1962263 million113 million15.5 billion
1961335 million52 million15 billion
1960790 million28 million15.7 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.

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