Japan vs United Kingdom

Japan vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 28 million TIV in Japan and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 674 million TIV, or 25 times that in Japan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Japan vs United Kingdom: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 28 million TIV in Japan and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 674 million TIV, or 25 times that in Japan.
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What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearJapanUnited KingdomWorld
202528 million702 million33.5 billion
202421 million884 million30.7 billion
202313 million1.32 billion29.5 billion
2022–1.74 billion33.3 billion
2021–639 million27.1 billion
2020–652 million24.1 billion
2019–886 million27 billion
20183 million682 million27.4 billion
20172 million1.1 billion31.3 billion
2016–1.34 billion31.5 billion
2015–1.18 billion28.7 billion
2014–1.66 billion27.1 billion
2013–1.51 billion27.4 billion
2012–813 million27.9 billion
2011–1 billion29.9 billion
2010–1.15 billion25.8 billion
2009–1.07 billion24.4 billion
2008–931 million24.1 billion
200740 million924 million26.5 billion
2006–957 million24.5 billion
2005–990 million21.4 billion
2004–1.23 billion21.3 billion
2003–769 million19.2 billion
2002–1.08 billion17.7 billion
2001–1.35 billion18.5 billion
2000–1.62 billion20.5 billion
1999–1.32 billion25.4 billion
1998–1.4 billion27.9 billion
199725 million2.36 billion28.9 billion
1996165 million1.62 billion23.7 billion
1995126 million1.46 billion22.9 billion
1994130 million1.53 billion23 billion
1993122 million1.38 billion25.8 billion
1992101 million1.09 billion24.3 billion
199154 million1.53 billion28.2 billion
199030 million1.84 billion30.2 billion
198915 million3.5 billion34.9 billion
1988–2.53 billion36.8 billion
1987–3.6 billion39.4 billion
198692 million1.99 billion39 billion
198544 million2.14 billion38.2 billion
198417 million2.53 billion41.6 billion
198317 million2.54 billion43.9 billion
1982–2.52 billion46.2 billion
1981–2.36 billion45.8 billion
1980167 million1.57 billion42.2 billion
197911 million1.54 billion38.4 billion
19789 million2.21 billion42.4 billion
1977–2.2 billion40 billion
1976–2.52 billion36 billion
1975–2.23 billion37.2 billion
197455 million2.25 billion36.6 billion
197336 million2.79 billion36.3 billion
19729 million2.68 billion34.5 billion
197115 million2.35 billion32.9 billion
1970–982 million25.3 billion
196931 million1.62 billion28.1 billion
1968–1.68 billion26.1 billion
1967–1.88 billion25.6 billion
19665 million1.42 billion25.8 billion
1965–1.5 billion25.8 billion
196414 million1.41 billion26.7 billion
19638 million1.24 billion20.3 billion
1962100 million1.07 billion17.5 billion
196161 million1.4 billion16.4 billion
19601 million2.19 billion17.6 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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