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Arms imports in United States

Arms imports in United States: 181 million TIV in 1960 and 745 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
745 million TIV
Since 1960
+564 million TIV
Rank, 2025
13 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 StatesArms imports in United States: 181 million TIV in 1960 and 745 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 2 billion TIV in 1987, the lowest 38 million TIV in 1970.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2 billion TIV in 1987, the lowest 38 million TIV in 1970.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearUnited StatesWorld
2025745 million33.3 billion
20241.05 billion30.6 billion
2023891 million29.5 billion
2022846 million33 billion
2021922 million26.8 billion
2020806 million23.4 billion
2019882 million26.9 billion
2018379 million27.3 billion
2017504 million31.2 billion
2016447 million31.4 billion
2015482 million28.7 billion
2014568 million27 billion
2013767 million27.4 billion
20121.14 billion27.9 billion
2011937 million29.9 billion
2010969 million25.8 billion
2009939 million24 billion
2008936 million24.1 billion
2007842 million26.5 billion
2006706 million24.4 billion
2005582 million21.3 billion
2004596 million21.3 billion
2003630 million19.2 billion
2002515 million17.7 billion
2001508 million18.3 billion
2000333 million20.5 billion
1999220 million25.3 billion
1998262 million27.9 billion
1997610 million28.9 billion
1996601 million23.7 billion
1995809 million22.9 billion
1994951 million22.8 billion
1993968 million25.8 billion
1992540 million24.3 billion
1991515 million27.8 billion
1990363 million28.6 billion
19891.78 billion31.7 billion
19881.79 billion32.9 billion
19872 billion36.2 billion
1986424 million35.5 billion
1985655 million33.2 billion
1984381 million36.8 billion
1983463 million39.1 billion
1982248 million41.4 billion
1981531 million42 billion
1980380 million37.4 billion
1979253 million33.3 billion
1978369 million39.2 billion
1977384 million37 billion
1976499 million33 billion
1975388 million34.2 billion
1974586 million32.9 billion
1973656 million32.6 billion
1972769 million28.7 billion
1971578 million29.3 billion
197038 million22.1 billion
196950 million24.7 billion
196862 million22.4 billion
196788 million22.1 billion
196689 million22.4 billion
1965170 million23.1 billion
1964358 million24.2 billion
1963283 million18.1 billion
1962236 million15.5 billion
1961198 million15 billion
1960181 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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