Malaysia vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports: 7 million TIV in Malaysia 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 Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Malaysia	Vietnam	World
2025	–	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	7 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	11 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	71 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	133 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	68 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	93 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	197 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	270 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	118 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	75 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	82 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	4 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	213 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.28 billion	61 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	498 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	184 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	57 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	68 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	190 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	154 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	26 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	26 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	721 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	39 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	553 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	32 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	828 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	308 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	13 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	13 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	33 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	–	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	14 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	141 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	405 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	543 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	275 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	25 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	56 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	127 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	310 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	72 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	146 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	394 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	85 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	74 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	229 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	109 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	192 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	25 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	91 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	128 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	58 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	10 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	97 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	75 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	31 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	5 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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