Thailand vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 33 million TIV in Thailand and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 144 million TIV, or 5.36 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, Thailand ranked 60 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	Thailand	Vietnam	World
2025	33 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	73 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	290 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	271 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	151 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	141 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	293 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	636 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	317 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	346 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	184 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	107 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	383 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	278 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	252 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	60 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	63 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	16 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	8 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	99 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	115 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	138 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	131 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	152 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	109 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	77 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	160 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	62 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	910 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	741 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	530 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	608 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	182 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	429 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	575 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	235 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	284 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	623 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	539 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	162 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	185 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	360 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	247 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	81 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	350 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	318 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	326 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	192 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	111 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	154 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	90 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	114 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	321 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	147 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	243 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	258 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	88 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	140 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	58 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	87 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	84 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	111 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	113 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	52 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	28 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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