Arms imports in Malaysia

Arms imports in Malaysia: 5 million TIV in 1960 and 7 million TIV in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2024: 7 million TIV
Since 1960: +2 million TIV
World, 2024: 30.6 billion TIV

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 1.28 billion TIV in 2009, the lowest 2 million TIV in 1961.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Malaysia	World
2025	–	33.3 billion
2024	7 million	30.6 billion
2023	11 million	29.5 billion
2022	71 million	33 billion
2021	133 million	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	23.4 billion
2019	68 million	26.9 billion
2018	93 million	27.3 billion
2017	197 million	31.2 billion
2016	270 million	31.4 billion
2015	118 million	28.7 billion
2014	75 million	27 billion
2013	82 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	4 million	29.9 billion
2010	213 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.28 billion	24 billion
2008	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	498 million	26.5 billion
2006	184 million	24.4 billion
2005	57 million	21.3 billion
2004	68 million	21.3 billion
2003	190 million	19.2 billion
2002	154 million	17.7 billion
2001	26 million	18.3 billion
2000	26 million	20.5 billion
1999	721 million	25.3 billion
1998	39 million	27.9 billion
1997	553 million	28.9 billion
1996	32 million	23.7 billion
1995	828 million	22.9 billion
1994	308 million	22.8 billion
1993	13 million	25.8 billion
1992	13 million	24.3 billion
1991	33 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	14 million	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	36.2 billion
1986	141 million	35.5 billion
1985	405 million	33.2 billion
1984	543 million	36.8 billion
1983	275 million	39.1 billion
1982	25 million	41.4 billion
1981	56 million	42 billion
1980	127 million	37.4 billion
1979	310 million	33.3 billion
1978	72 million	39.2 billion
1977	146 million	37 billion
1976	394 million	33 billion
1975	85 million	34.2 billion
1974	74 million	32.9 billion
1973	229 million	32.6 billion
1972	109 million	28.7 billion
1971	192 million	29.3 billion
1970	25 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	24.7 billion
1968	91 million	22.4 billion
1967	128 million	22.1 billion
1966	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	10 million	23.1 billion
1964	97 million	24.2 billion
1963	75 million	18.1 billion
1962	31 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	15.7 billion

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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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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