Japan

Arms imports in Japan

Arms imports in Japan: 790 million TIV in 1960 and 1.72 billion TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.72 billion TIV
Since 1960
+925 million TIV
Rank, 2025
5 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in JapanArms imports in Japan: 790 million TIV in 1960 and 1.72 billion TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 2.94 billion TIV in 1991, the lowest 239 million TIV in 1963.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2.94 billion TIV in 1991, the lowest 239 million TIV in 1963.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearJapanWorld
20251.72 billion33.3 billion
20241.04 billion30.6 billion
2023852 million29.5 billion
20221.47 billion33 billion
20211.01 billion26.8 billion
2020929 million23.4 billion
2019992 million26.9 billion
2018764 million27.3 billion
2017446 million31.2 billion
2016332 million31.4 billion
2015343 million28.7 billion
2014316 million27 billion
2013341 million27.4 billion
2012239 million27.9 billion
2011300 million29.9 billion
2010658 million25.8 billion
2009990 million24 billion
2008990 million24.1 billion
2007553 million26.5 billion
2006469 million24.4 billion
2005375 million21.3 billion
2004399 million21.3 billion
2003458 million19.2 billion
2002442 million17.7 billion
2001427 million18.3 billion
2000497 million20.5 billion
19991.26 billion25.3 billion
19981.49 billion27.9 billion
1997843 million28.9 billion
1996876 million23.7 billion
19951.26 billion22.9 billion
19941.02 billion22.8 billion
19932.13 billion25.8 billion
19922.52 billion24.3 billion
19912.94 billion27.8 billion
19902.68 billion28.6 billion
19892.28 billion31.7 billion
19882 billion32.9 billion
19871.94 billion36.2 billion
19861.89 billion35.5 billion
19851.97 billion33.2 billion
19842.05 billion36.8 billion
19831.69 billion39.1 billion
19821.44 billion41.4 billion
19811.31 billion42 billion
19801.03 billion37.4 billion
1979920 million33.3 billion
1978901 million39.2 billion
1977788 million37 billion
19761.48 billion33 billion
19751.6 billion34.2 billion
1974733 million32.9 billion
1973468 million32.6 billion
1972493 million28.7 billion
1971605 million29.3 billion
1970502 million22.1 billion
1969488 million24.7 billion
1968557 million22.4 billion
1967610 million22.1 billion
1966324 million22.4 billion
19651.16 billion23.1 billion
19641.72 billion24.2 billion
1963239 million18.1 billion
1962263 million15.5 billion
1961335 million15 billion
1960790 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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