United States vs Vietnam

United States vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 745 million TIV in United States and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 568 million TIV, or 4.21 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

United States vs Vietnam: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 745 million TIV in United States and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 568 million TIV, or 4.21 times that in Vietnam.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Vietnam.
  • In 2025, United States ranked 13 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 StatesVietnamWorld
2025745 million177 million33.3 billion
20241.05 billion58 million30.6 billion
2023891 million45 million29.5 billion
2022846 million86 million33 billion
2021922 million235 million26.8 billion
2020806 million38 million23.4 billion
2019882 million166 million26.9 billion
2018379 million604 million27.3 billion
2017504 million783 million31.2 billion
2016447 million924 million31.4 billion
2015482 million869 million28.7 billion
2014568 million1.23 billion27 billion
2013767 million360 million27.4 billion
20121.14 billion782 million27.9 billion
2011937 million1.02 billion29.9 billion
2010969 million161 million25.8 billion
2009939 million61 million24 billion
2008936 million186 million24.1 billion
2007842 million8 million26.5 billion
2006706 million42 million24.4 billion
2005582 million221 million21.3 billion
2004596 million299 million21.3 billion
2003630 million22 million19.2 billion
2002515 million58 million17.7 billion
2001508 million97 million18.3 billion
2000333 million11 million20.5 billion
1999220 million168 million25.3 billion
1998262 million209 million27.9 billion
1997610 million111 million28.9 billion
1996601 million214 million23.7 billion
1995809 million273 million22.9 billion
1994951 million–22.8 billion
1993968 million–25.8 billion
1992540 million–24.3 billion
1991515 million–27.8 billion
1990363 million116 million28.6 billion
19891.78 billion128 million31.7 billion
19881.79 billion65 million32.9 billion
19872 billion50 million36.2 billion
1986424 million78 million35.5 billion
1985655 million28 million33.2 billion
1984381 million557 million36.8 billion
1983463 million916 million39.1 billion
1982248 million532 million41.4 billion
1981531 million1.07 billion42 billion
1980380 million1.02 billion37.4 billion
1979253 million1.25 billion33.3 billion
1978369 million227 million39.2 billion
1977384 million42 million37 billion
1976499 million42 million33 billion
1975388 million493 million34.2 billion
1974586 million859 million32.9 billion
1973656 million1.28 billion32.6 billion
1972769 million1.32 billion28.7 billion
1971578 million1.2 billion29.3 billion
197038 million1.21 billion22.1 billion
196950 million909 million24.7 billion
196862 million1.18 billion22.4 billion
196788 million1.1 billion22.1 billion
196689 million1.14 billion22.4 billion
1965170 million651 million23.1 billion
1964358 million266 million24.2 billion
1963283 million107 million18.1 billion
1962236 million47 million15.5 billion
1961198 million95 million15 billion
1960181 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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