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Arms imports in China

Arms imports in China: 2.36 billion TIV in 1960 and 207 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
207 million TIV
Since 1960
−2.15 billion TIV
Rank, 2025
36 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in ChinaArms imports in China: 2.36 billion TIV in 1960 and 207 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 3.47 billion TIV in 2005, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1970.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 3.47 billion TIV in 2005, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1970.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaWorld
2025207 million33.3 billion
202471 million30.6 billion
2023428 million29.5 billion
2022646 million33 billion
2021685 million26.8 billion
2020775 million23.4 billion
20191.57 billion26.9 billion
20182.25 billion27.3 billion
20171.55 billion31.2 billion
20161.21 billion31.4 billion
20151.19 billion28.7 billion
20141.03 billion27 billion
20131.22 billion27.4 billion
20121.54 billion27.9 billion
20111.03 billion29.9 billion
2010940 million25.8 billion
20091.38 billion24 billion
20081.78 billion24.1 billion
20071.7 billion26.5 billion
20062.83 billion24.4 billion
20053.47 billion21.3 billion
20043.24 billion21.3 billion
20032.33 billion19.2 billion
20022.83 billion17.7 billion
20012.76 billion18.3 billion
20002.47 billion20.5 billion
19991.72 billion25.3 billion
1998375 million27.9 billion
1997940 million28.9 billion
19961.5 billion23.7 billion
1995701 million22.9 billion
1994304 million22.8 billion
19931.23 billion25.8 billion
19921.18 billion24.3 billion
1991439 million27.8 billion
1990267 million28.6 billion
1989163 million31.7 billion
198897 million32.9 billion
198747 million36.2 billion
198611 million35.5 billion
1985104 million33.2 billion
198462 million36.8 billion
198316 million39.1 billion
19825 million41.4 billion
1981–42 billion
19804 million37.4 billion
19798 million33.3 billion
197883 million39.2 billion
197772 million37 billion
19761 million33 billion
19751 million34.2 billion
19741 million32.9 billion
19731 million32.6 billion
19721 million28.7 billion
19711 million29.3 billion
19701 million22.1 billion
1969–24.7 billion
1968180 million22.4 billion
1967144 million22.1 billion
1966225 million22.4 billion
1965257 million23.1 billion
1964485 million24.2 billion
1963450 million18.1 billion
1962415 million15.5 billion
1961952 million15 billion
19602.36 billion15.7 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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