Malaysia vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports: 7 million TIV in Malaysia in 2024 and 846 million TIV in Philippines in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Philippines, by 298 million TIV, or 44 times that in Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Malaysia	Philippines	World
2025	–	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	7 million	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	11 million	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	71 million	280 million	33 billion
2021	133 million	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	68 million	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	93 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	197 million	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	270 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	118 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	75 million	12 million	27 billion
2013	82 million	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	4 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	213 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.28 billion	1 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	498 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	184 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	57 million	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	68 million	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	190 million	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	154 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	26 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	26 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	721 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	39 million	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	553 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	32 million	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	828 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	308 million	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	13 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	13 million	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	33 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	14 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	141 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	405 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	543 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	275 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	25 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	56 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	127 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	310 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	72 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	146 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	394 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	85 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	74 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	229 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	109 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	192 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	25 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	91 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	128 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	58 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	10 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	97 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	75 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	31 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	50 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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