United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 691 million TIV, or 4.9 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, United Arab Emirates ranked 9 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	United Arab Emirates	Vietnam	World
2025	868 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.09 billion	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	918 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	756 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	577 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	660 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	750 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.17 billion	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	909 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.49 billion	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.69 billion	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	736 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	2.32 billion	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.14 billion	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.22 billion	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	650 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	604 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	730 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	819 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.93 billion	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	2.07 billion	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.15 billion	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	676 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	223 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	186 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	244 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	441 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	757 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	690 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	481 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	426 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	571 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	582 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	205 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	237 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	561 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	663 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	45 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	195 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	132 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	145 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	310 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	163 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	155 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	420 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	213 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	39 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	230 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	310 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	275 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	145 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	100 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	88 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	28 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	24 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	67 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	13 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	–	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	–	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	–	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	95 million	15 billion
1960	–	103 million	15.7 billion

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Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsUnited Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022Vietnam: 0 deaths in 2022