United Kingdom

Arms imports in United Kingdom

Arms imports in United Kingdom: 26 million TIV in 1960 and 609 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
609 million TIV
Since 1960
+583 million TIV
Rank, 2025
16 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in United KingdomArms imports in United Kingdom: 26 million TIV in 1960 and 609 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 2.7 billion TIV in 1969, the lowest 26 million TIV in 1960.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2.7 billion TIV in 1969, the lowest 26 million TIV in 1960.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearUnited KingdomWorld
2025609 million33.3 billion
2024486 million30.6 billion
2023469 million29.5 billion
2022859 million33 billion
2021886 million26.8 billion
2020635 million23.4 billion
2019402 million26.9 billion
2018463 million27.3 billion
20171 billion31.2 billion
2016288 million31.4 billion
2015424 million28.7 billion
2014217 million27 billion
2013509 million27.4 billion
2012566 million27.9 billion
2011347 million29.9 billion
2010461 million25.8 billion
2009381 million24 billion
2008575 million24.1 billion
2007817 million26.5 billion
2006375 million24.4 billion
200531 million21.3 billion
2004212 million21.3 billion
2003770 million19.2 billion
2002721 million17.7 billion
20011.29 billion18.3 billion
2000937 million20.5 billion
1999132 million25.3 billion
1998770 million27.9 billion
1997513 million28.9 billion
1996568 million23.7 billion
1995496 million22.9 billion
1994421 million22.8 billion
1993796 million25.8 billion
19921.15 billion24.3 billion
1991953 million27.8 billion
1990130 million28.6 billion
1989209 million31.7 billion
1988285 million32.9 billion
1987207 million36.2 billion
1986273 million35.5 billion
1985355 million33.2 billion
1984682 million36.8 billion
1983292 million39.1 billion
1982766 million41.4 billion
1981812 million42 billion
1980557 million37.4 billion
1979232 million33.3 billion
1978191 million39.2 billion
1977262 million37 billion
1976251 million33 billion
1975337 million34.2 billion
1974319 million32.9 billion
1973239 million32.6 billion
1972222 million28.7 billion
1971176 million29.3 billion
197070 million22.1 billion
19692.7 billion24.7 billion
19682.35 billion22.4 billion
19671.44 billion22.1 billion
1966242 million22.4 billion
1965166 million23.1 billion
1964133 million24.2 billion
1963159 million18.1 billion
196238 million15.5 billion
196134 million15 billion
196026 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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