Japan vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 28 million TIV in Japan and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 5 million TIV, or 1.18 times that in Japan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Japan.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Japan	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	28 million	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	21 million	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	13 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	–	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	–	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	–	131 million	27 billion
2018	3 million	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	2 million	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	–	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	–	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	–	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	–	–	24.1 billion
2007	40 million	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	–	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	–	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	–	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.5 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.4 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	25 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	165 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	126 million	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	130 million	–	23 billion
1993	122 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	101 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	54 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	30 million	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	15 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	–	–	36.8 billion
1987	–	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	92 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	44 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	17 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	17 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	–	–	46.2 billion
1981	–	–	45.8 billion
1980	167 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	11 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	9 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	–	–	37.2 billion
1974	55 million	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	36 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	9 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	15 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	–	–	25.3 billion
1969	31 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	–	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	25.6 billion
1966	5 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	14 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	8 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	100 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	61 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	1 million	–	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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