Laos vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports: 7 million TIV in Laos in 2024 and 177 million TIV in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 51 million TIV, or 8.29 times that in Laos.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Laos.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Laos	Vietnam	World
2025	–	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	7 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	86 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	17 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	27 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	136 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	7 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	19 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	15 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	–	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	26 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	7 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	4 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	0	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	7 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	30 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	22 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	43 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	8 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	18 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	29 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	59 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	26 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	94 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	1 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	54 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	35 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	–	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	26 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	134 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	21 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	37 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	44 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	14 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	17 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	23 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	10 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	4 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	14 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	7 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	15 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	19 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	3 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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