United Kingdom vs Vietnam

United Kingdom vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 609 million TIV in United Kingdom and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 432 million TIV, or 3.44 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

United Kingdom vs Vietnam: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 609 million TIV in United Kingdom and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 432 million TIV, or 3.44 times that in Vietnam.
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What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Vietnam.
  • In 2025, United Kingdom ranked 16 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

YearUnited KingdomVietnamWorld
2025609 million177 million33.3 billion
2024486 million58 million30.6 billion
2023469 million45 million29.5 billion
2022859 million86 million33 billion
2021886 million235 million26.8 billion
2020635 million38 million23.4 billion
2019402 million166 million26.9 billion
2018463 million604 million27.3 billion
20171 billion783 million31.2 billion
2016288 million924 million31.4 billion
2015424 million869 million28.7 billion
2014217 million1.23 billion27 billion
2013509 million360 million27.4 billion
2012566 million782 million27.9 billion
2011347 million1.02 billion29.9 billion
2010461 million161 million25.8 billion
2009381 million61 million24 billion
2008575 million186 million24.1 billion
2007817 million8 million26.5 billion
2006375 million42 million24.4 billion
200531 million221 million21.3 billion
2004212 million299 million21.3 billion
2003770 million22 million19.2 billion
2002721 million58 million17.7 billion
20011.29 billion97 million18.3 billion
2000937 million11 million20.5 billion
1999132 million168 million25.3 billion
1998770 million209 million27.9 billion
1997513 million111 million28.9 billion
1996568 million214 million23.7 billion
1995496 million273 million22.9 billion
1994421 million–22.8 billion
1993796 million–25.8 billion
19921.15 billion–24.3 billion
1991953 million–27.8 billion
1990130 million116 million28.6 billion
1989209 million128 million31.7 billion
1988285 million65 million32.9 billion
1987207 million50 million36.2 billion
1986273 million78 million35.5 billion
1985355 million28 million33.2 billion
1984682 million557 million36.8 billion
1983292 million916 million39.1 billion
1982766 million532 million41.4 billion
1981812 million1.07 billion42 billion
1980557 million1.02 billion37.4 billion
1979232 million1.25 billion33.3 billion
1978191 million227 million39.2 billion
1977262 million42 million37 billion
1976251 million42 million33 billion
1975337 million493 million34.2 billion
1974319 million859 million32.9 billion
1973239 million1.28 billion32.6 billion
1972222 million1.32 billion28.7 billion
1971176 million1.2 billion29.3 billion
197070 million1.21 billion22.1 billion
19692.7 billion909 million24.7 billion
19682.35 billion1.18 billion22.4 billion
19671.44 billion1.1 billion22.1 billion
1966242 million1.14 billion22.4 billion
1965166 million651 million23.1 billion
1964133 million266 million24.2 billion
1963159 million107 million18.1 billion
196238 million47 million15.5 billion
196134 million95 million15 billion
196026 million103 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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