Japan vs Netherlands: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 891 million TIV, or 2.08 times that in Netherlands.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1.72 billion 2025 | 343 million | 5 of 110 |
| Netherlands | 824 million 2025 | 51 million | 12 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Netherlands.
- In 2025, Japan ranked 5 and Netherlands ranked 12 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 | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.72 billion | 824 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.04 billion | 333 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 852 million | 374 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.47 billion | 725 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.01 billion | 512 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 929 million | 575 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 992 million | 494 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 764 million | 139 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 446 million | 33 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 332 million | 69 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 343 million | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 8 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 341 million | 488 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 239 million | 190 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 300 million | 115 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 658 million | 171 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 990 million | 262 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 990 million | 147 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 553 million | 221 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 469 million | 304 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 375 million | 86 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 399 million | 130 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 458 million | 128 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 442 million | 247 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 427 million | 164 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 497 million | 123 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.26 billion | 278 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.49 billion | 269 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 843 million | 126 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 876 million | 203 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.26 billion | 84 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.02 billion | 205 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 2.13 billion | 140 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.52 billion | 237 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2.94 billion | 322 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 2.68 billion | 273 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 2.28 billion | 705 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 billion | 393 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.94 billion | 614 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.89 billion | 792 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 1.97 billion | 892 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.05 billion | 1.17 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.69 billion | 1.33 billion | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 1.44 billion | 1.24 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.31 billion | 755 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.03 billion | 645 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 920 million | 792 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 901 million | 717 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 788 million | 606 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.48 billion | 285 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.6 billion | 108 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 733 million | 40 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 468 million | 21 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 493 million | 650 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 605 million | 698 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 502 million | 699 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 488 million | 569 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 557 million | 288 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 610 million | 751 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 324 million | 204 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1.16 billion | 815 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.72 billion | 1.01 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 239 million | 767 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 263 million | 294 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 335 million | 227 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 790 million | 255 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.
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