Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam

Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports: 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023 and 177 million TIV in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 36 million TIV, or 5 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam: Arms importsArms imports: 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023 and 177 million TIV in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 36 million TIV, or 5 times that in Papua New Guinea.
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What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearPapua New GuineaVietnamWorld
2025–177 million33.3 billion
2024–58 million30.6 billion
20239 million45 million29.5 billion
2022–86 million33 billion
202114 million235 million26.8 billion
2020–38 million23.4 billion
2019–166 million26.9 billion
20188 million604 million27.3 billion
20170783 million31.2 billion
2016–924 million31.4 billion
2015–869 million28.7 billion
20143 million1.23 billion27 billion
2013–360 million27.4 billion
2012–782 million27.9 billion
2011–1.02 billion29.9 billion
2010–161 million25.8 billion
2009–61 million24 billion
2008–186 million24.1 billion
2007–8 million26.5 billion
2006–42 million24.4 billion
2005–221 million21.3 billion
2004–299 million21.3 billion
2003–22 million19.2 billion
2002–58 million17.7 billion
2001–97 million18.3 billion
2000–11 million20.5 billion
1999–168 million25.3 billion
1998–209 million27.9 billion
19977 million111 million28.9 billion
19961 million214 million23.7 billion
1995–273 million22.9 billion
19941 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
199210 million–24.3 billion
199110 million–27.8 billion
19904 million116 million28.6 billion
19896 million128 million31.7 billion
19886 million65 million32.9 billion
198712 million50 million36.2 billion
19868 million78 million35.5 billion
1985–28 million33.2 billion
19842 million557 million36.8 billion
1983–916 million39.1 billion
19824 million532 million41.4 billion
19812 million1.07 billion42 billion
1980–1.02 billion37.4 billion
1979–1.25 billion33.3 billion
19782 million227 million39.2 billion
19773 million42 million37 billion
1976–42 million33 billion
197532 million493 million34.2 billion
1974–859 million32.9 billion
1973–1.28 billion32.6 billion
1972–1.32 billion28.7 billion
1971–1.2 billion29.3 billion
1970–1.21 billion22.1 billion
1969–909 million24.7 billion
1968–1.18 billion22.4 billion
1967–1.1 billion22.1 billion
1966–1.14 billion22.4 billion
1965–651 million23.1 billion
1964–266 million24.2 billion
1963–107 million18.1 billion
1962–47 million15.5 billion
1961–95 million15 billion
1960–103 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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