Japan

Arms exports in Japan

Arms exports in Japan: 1 million TIV in 1960 and 28 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
28 million TIV
Since 1960
+27 million TIV
World, 2025
33.5 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms exports in JapanArms exports in Japan: 1 million TIV in 1960 and 28 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 167 million TIV in 1980, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1960.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 167 million TIV in 1980, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1960.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearJapanWorld
202528 million33.5 billion
202421 million30.7 billion
202313 million29.5 billion
2022–33.3 billion
2021–27.1 billion
2020–24.1 billion
2019–27 billion
20183 million27.4 billion
20172 million31.3 billion
2016–31.5 billion
2015–28.7 billion
2014–27.1 billion
2013–27.4 billion
2012–27.9 billion
2011–29.9 billion
2010–25.8 billion
2009–24.4 billion
2008–24.1 billion
200740 million26.5 billion
2006–24.5 billion
2005–21.4 billion
2004–21.3 billion
2003–19.2 billion
2002–17.7 billion
2001–18.5 billion
2000–20.5 billion
1999–25.4 billion
1998–27.9 billion
199725 million28.9 billion
1996165 million23.7 billion
1995126 million22.9 billion
1994130 million23 billion
1993122 million25.8 billion
1992101 million24.3 billion
199154 million28.2 billion
199030 million30.2 billion
198915 million34.9 billion
1988–36.8 billion
1987–39.4 billion
198692 million39 billion
198544 million38.2 billion
198417 million41.6 billion
198317 million43.9 billion
1982–46.2 billion
1981–45.8 billion
1980167 million42.2 billion
197911 million38.4 billion
19789 million42.4 billion
1977–40 billion
1976–36 billion
1975–37.2 billion
197455 million36.6 billion
197336 million36.3 billion
19729 million34.5 billion
197115 million32.9 billion
1970–25.3 billion
196931 million28.1 billion
1968–26.1 billion
1967–25.6 billion
19665 million25.8 billion
1965–25.8 billion
196414 million26.7 billion
19638 million20.3 billion
1962100 million17.5 billion
196161 million16.4 billion
19601 million17.6 billion

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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