Türkiye vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 381 million TIV in Türkiye and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 204 million TIV, or 2.15 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Türkiye has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, Türkiye ranked 30 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	Türkiye	Vietnam	World
2025	381 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	381 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	679 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	187 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	249 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	110 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	742 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	476 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	427 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	324 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	446 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.53 billion	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	769 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.48 billion	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	794 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	469 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	714 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	623 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	675 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	524 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.08 billion	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	252 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	327 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	878 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	501 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	1.18 billion	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.73 billion	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.62 billion	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.51 billion	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.49 billion	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.56 billion	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.89 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	2.33 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.87 billion	–	24.3 billion
1991	1.29 billion	–	27.8 billion
1990	1.24 billion	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.03 billion	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.63 billion	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.43 billion	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	472 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	678 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	549 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	503 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	478 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	726 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	486 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	917 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	984 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	293 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	358 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	640 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.28 billion	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	790 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1.09 billion	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	941 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	396 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	628 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	418 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	593 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	525 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	603 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	839 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	586 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	266 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	322 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	581 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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