United Kingdom vs United States: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 702 million TIV in United Kingdom and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.3 billion TIV, or 20 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	United Kingdom	United States	World
2025	702 million	14 billion	33.5 billion
2024	884 million	13.7 billion	30.7 billion
2023	1.32 billion	10.9 billion	29.5 billion
2022	1.74 billion	14.5 billion	33.3 billion
2021	639 million	11.6 billion	27.1 billion
2020	652 million	9.73 billion	24.1 billion
2019	886 million	10.5 billion	27 billion
2018	682 million	9.26 billion	27.4 billion
2017	1.1 billion	11.4 billion	31.3 billion
2016	1.34 billion	9.89 billion	31.5 billion
2015	1.18 billion	10.3 billion	28.7 billion
2014	1.66 billion	9.46 billion	27.1 billion
2013	1.51 billion	7.77 billion	27.4 billion
2012	813 million	8.97 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1 billion	9.04 billion	29.9 billion
2010	1.15 billion	8.35 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.07 billion	7.15 billion	24.4 billion
2008	931 million	7.09 billion	24.1 billion
2007	924 million	7.87 billion	26.5 billion
2006	957 million	7.5 billion	24.5 billion
2005	990 million	6.72 billion	21.4 billion
2004	1.23 billion	6.87 billion	21.3 billion
2003	769 million	5.68 billion	19.2 billion
2002	1.08 billion	4.87 billion	17.7 billion
2001	1.35 billion	5.59 billion	18.5 billion
2000	1.62 billion	7.68 billion	20.5 billion
1999	1.32 billion	11.6 billion	25.4 billion
1998	1.4 billion	15.8 billion	27.9 billion
1997	2.36 billion	14.5 billion	28.9 billion
1996	1.62 billion	10.8 billion	23.7 billion
1995	1.46 billion	11.2 billion	22.9 billion
1994	1.53 billion	11.5 billion	23 billion
1993	1.38 billion	13.8 billion	25.8 billion
1992	1.09 billion	14.1 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.53 billion	12.6 billion	28.2 billion
1990	1.84 billion	10.7 billion	30.2 billion
1989	3.5 billion	11.4 billion	34.9 billion
1988	2.53 billion	12 billion	36.8 billion
1987	3.6 billion	12.2 billion	39.4 billion
1986	1.99 billion	11.6 billion	39 billion
1985	2.14 billion	10.8 billion	38.2 billion
1984	2.53 billion	11.9 billion	41.6 billion
1983	2.54 billion	13.8 billion	43.9 billion
1982	2.52 billion	14 billion	46.2 billion
1981	2.36 billion	13.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	1.57 billion	10.7 billion	42.2 billion
1979	1.54 billion	9.79 billion	38.4 billion
1978	2.21 billion	13.5 billion	42.4 billion
1977	2.2 billion	14.3 billion	40 billion
1976	2.52 billion	15.7 billion	36 billion
1975	2.23 billion	15.3 billion	37.2 billion
1974	2.25 billion	12.7 billion	36.6 billion
1973	2.79 billion	12 billion	36.3 billion
1972	2.68 billion	10.7 billion	34.5 billion
1971	2.35 billion	11.6 billion	32.9 billion
1970	982 million	8.35 billion	25.3 billion
1969	1.62 billion	11.6 billion	28.1 billion
1968	1.68 billion	8.62 billion	26.1 billion
1967	1.88 billion	7.44 billion	25.6 billion
1966	1.42 billion	8.94 billion	25.8 billion
1965	1.5 billion	12 billion	25.8 billion
1964	1.41 billion	12.5 billion	26.7 billion
1963	1.24 billion	9.43 billion	20.3 billion
1962	1.07 billion	6.13 billion	17.5 billion
1961	1.4 billion	6.29 billion	16.4 billion
1960	2.19 billion	6.13 billion	17.6 billion

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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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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