Spain vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 237 million TIV in Spain and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 60 million TIV, or 1.34 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, Spain ranked 33 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	237 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	159 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	159 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	198 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	134 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	149 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	82 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	104 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	109 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	155 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	219 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	166 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	272 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	228 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	347 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	343 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	312 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	358 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	288 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	239 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	266 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	140 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	315 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	357 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	82 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	192 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	395 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	355 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	838 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	299 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	207 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	109 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	691 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	835 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.95 billion	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	327 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	81 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	614 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	512 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	636 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	689 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	650 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	432 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	312 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	831 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	1.16 billion	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	557 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	895 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	793 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	637 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	234 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	181 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	133 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	303 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	307 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	382 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	51 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	15 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	55 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	103 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	214 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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