Spain vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 237 million TIV in Spain and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 204 million TIV, or 7.18 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, Spain ranked 33 and Thailand ranked 60 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Spain	Thailand	World
2025	237 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	159 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	159 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	198 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	134 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	149 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	82 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	104 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	109 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	219 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	166 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	272 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	228 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	347 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	343 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	312 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	358 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	288 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	239 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	266 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	140 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	315 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	357 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	82 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	192 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	395 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	355 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	838 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	299 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	207 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	109 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	691 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	835 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.95 billion	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	327 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	81 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	614 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	512 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	636 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	689 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	650 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	432 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	312 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	831 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	1.16 billion	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	557 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	895 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	793 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	637 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	234 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	181 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	133 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	303 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	307 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	382 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	51 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	15 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	55 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	103 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	214 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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