Brazil

Arms imports in Brazil

Arms imports in Brazil: 236 million TIV in 1960 and 462 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
462 million TIV
Since 1960
+226 million TIV
Rank, 2025
23 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in BrazilArms imports in Brazil: 236 million TIV in 1960 and 462 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 832 million TIV in 1978, the lowest 25 million TIV in 1964.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 832 million TIV in 1978, the lowest 25 million TIV in 1964.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBrazilWorld
2025462 million33.3 billion
2024450 million30.6 billion
2023193 million29.5 billion
2022469 million33 billion
2021240 million26.8 billion
2020134 million23.4 billion
2019125 million26.9 billion
2018258 million27.3 billion
201796 million31.2 billion
2016111 million31.4 billion
2015202 million28.7 billion
2014201 million27 billion
2013217 million27.4 billion
2012317 million27.9 billion
2011231 million29.9 billion
2010256 million25.8 billion
2009135 million24 billion
2008178 million24.1 billion
2007188 million26.5 billion
2006178 million24.4 billion
2005223 million21.3 billion
200485 million21.3 billion
2003110 million19.2 billion
2002221 million17.7 billion
2001573 million18.3 billion
200086 million20.5 billion
1999308 million25.3 billion
1998200 million27.9 billion
1997476 million28.9 billion
1996547 million23.7 billion
1995267 million22.9 billion
1994311 million22.8 billion
199366 million25.8 billion
199298 million24.3 billion
1991161 million27.8 billion
1990140 million28.6 billion
1989742 million31.7 billion
1988125 million32.9 billion
1987234 million36.2 billion
1986139 million35.5 billion
198582 million33.2 billion
1984123 million36.8 billion
198388 million39.1 billion
198272 million41.4 billion
198161 million42 billion
1980338 million37.4 billion
1979375 million33.3 billion
1978832 million39.2 billion
1977525 million37 billion
1976551 million33 billion
1975538 million34.2 billion
1974256 million32.9 billion
1973598 million32.6 billion
1972520 million28.7 billion
1971171 million29.3 billion
1970217 million22.1 billion
1969108 million24.7 billion
1968236 million22.4 billion
1967218 million22.1 billion
196657 million22.4 billion
1965149 million23.1 billion
196425 million24.2 billion
1963127 million18.1 billion
196262 million15.5 billion
1961212 million15 billion
1960236 million15.7 billion

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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