Thailand vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports
Arms exports: 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024 and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 104 million TIV, or 7.93 times that in Thailand.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 15 million 2024 | — |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 million 2025 | 143 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Thailand.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Thailand | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 33 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 15 million | 119 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 64 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 17 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 5 million | 57 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 209 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 2 million | 131 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 120 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 4 million | 106 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2 million | 111 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 143 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 100 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 115 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 75 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 3 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 39 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 34 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 3 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 79 million | 17 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 15 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 7 million | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 7 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 37 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 6 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 28 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 2 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 2 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 22 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 14 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 8 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
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