Japan vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.54 billion TIV, or 9.69 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, Japan ranked 5 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	1.72 billion	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	86 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	341 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	–	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	–	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	42 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	790 million	103 million	15.7 billion

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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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