Malaysia vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports: 7 million TIV in Malaysia in 2024 and 33 million TIV in Thailand in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 66 million TIV, or 10 times that in Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Malaysia	Thailand	World
2025	–	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	7 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	11 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	71 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	133 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	68 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	93 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	197 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	270 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	118 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	75 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	82 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	4 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	213 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.28 billion	63 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	498 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	184 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	57 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	68 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	190 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	154 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	26 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	26 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	721 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	39 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	553 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	32 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	828 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	308 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	13 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	13 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	33 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	14 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	141 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	405 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	543 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	275 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	25 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	56 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	127 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	310 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	72 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	146 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	394 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	85 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	74 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	229 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	109 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	192 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	25 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	91 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	128 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	58 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	10 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	97 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	75 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	31 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	28 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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