Thailand

Arms imports in Thailand

Arms imports in Thailand: 28 million TIV in 1960 and 33 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

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

Arms imports in ThailandArms imports in Thailand: 28 million TIV in 1960 and 33 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 910 million TIV in 1997, the lowest 8 million TIV in 2007.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 910 million TIV in 1997, the lowest 8 million TIV in 2007.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearThailandWorld
202533 million33.3 billion
202473 million30.6 billion
2023290 million29.5 billion
2022271 million33 billion
2021151 million26.8 billion
2020141 million23.4 billion
2019293 million26.9 billion
2018636 million27.3 billion
2017317 million31.2 billion
2016346 million31.4 billion
2015184 million28.7 billion
2014107 million27 billion
2013383 million27.4 billion
2012278 million27.9 billion
2011252 million29.9 billion
201060 million25.8 billion
200963 million24 billion
200816 million24.1 billion
20078 million26.5 billion
200699 million24.4 billion
2005115 million21.3 billion
2004138 million21.3 billion
2003131 million19.2 billion
2002152 million17.7 billion
2001109 million18.3 billion
200077 million20.5 billion
1999160 million25.3 billion
199862 million27.9 billion
1997910 million28.9 billion
1996741 million23.7 billion
1995530 million22.9 billion
1994608 million22.8 billion
1993182 million25.8 billion
1992429 million24.3 billion
1991575 million27.8 billion
1990235 million28.6 billion
1989284 million31.7 billion
1988623 million32.9 billion
1987539 million36.2 billion
1986162 million35.5 billion
1985185 million33.2 billion
1984360 million36.8 billion
1983247 million39.1 billion
198281 million41.4 billion
1981350 million42 billion
1980318 million37.4 billion
1979326 million33.3 billion
1978192 million39.2 billion
1977111 million37 billion
1976154 million33 billion
197590 million34.2 billion
1974114 million32.9 billion
1973321 million32.6 billion
1972147 million28.7 billion
1971243 million29.3 billion
1970258 million22.1 billion
1969121 million24.7 billion
196888 million22.4 billion
1967140 million22.1 billion
196658 million22.4 billion
196587 million23.1 billion
196484 million24.2 billion
1963111 million18.1 billion
1962113 million15.5 billion
196152 million15 billion
196028 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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