Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 2.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
2.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
Change on year
up 176.5%
Rank
24th
of 45 groups
All-time high
4.50 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2017
All-time low
944.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Years of data
63
1960–2025
Arms imports in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1960–2025
Source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Measured in SIPRI trend indicator values.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 2.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values for arms imports in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 176.5% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arms imports in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 4.50 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in 2017 and was at its lowest, 944.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values, in 2024.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 24th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | SIPRI trend indicator values | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.42 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | — |
| 1961 | 2.08 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -39.0% |
| 1962 | 1.95 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 1.29 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -33.9% |
| 1964 | 1.88 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +46.0% |
| 1965 | 1.75 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -7.4% |
| 1966 | 2.58 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +48.1% |
| 1967 | 2.52 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 2.90 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +15.3% |
| 1969 | 1.82 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -37.1% |
| 1970 | 2.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +22.4% |
| 1974 | 2.08 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -7.0% |
| 1975 | 1.69 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -18.5% |
| 1976 | 1.56 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 1.10 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -29.0% |
| 1978 | 1.34 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +21.2% |
| 1979 | 2.72 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +103.0% |
| 1980 | 3.10 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 2.78 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 1.74 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -37.4% |
| 1983 | 2.36 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +35.4% |
| 1984 | 1.98 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -15.9% |
| 1985 | 2.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +12.2% |
| 1986 | 2.08 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 1.88 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -9.7% |
| 1988 | 1.99 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 1.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -18.9% |
| 1990 | 1.55 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 1.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 1.95 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +20.9% |
| 1993 | 2.18 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +11.8% |
| 1994 | 2.03 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 3.07 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +50.9% |
| 1996 | 3.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 3.05 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 1.07 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -65.0% |
| 1999 | 3.16 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +196.2% |
| 2000 | 2.84 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 3.25 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +14.1% |
| 2002 | 3.48 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 3.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 4.05 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +27.9% |
| 2005 | 4.09 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 3.47 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -15.3% |
| 2007 | 3.02 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 2.83 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 3.33 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +17.6% |
| 2010 | 1.78 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -46.7% |
| 2011 | 3.33 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +87.1% |
| 2012 | 3.38 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 3.30 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 3.76 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 3.29 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 3.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 4.50 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +24.7% |
| 2018 | 4.31 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 2.81 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -34.9% |
| 2020 | 1.92 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -31.6% |
| 2021 | 2.10 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 1.72 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 1.48 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | -13.9% |
| 2024 | 944.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values | -36.2% |
| 2025 | 2.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | +176.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +196.2% | 1.07 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 3.16 billion SIPRI trend indicator values |
| 2025 | +176.5% | 944.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values | 2.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.22 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 1.29 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 3.42 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.82 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 1.10 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 2.72 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 7 |
| 1980s | 2.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 1.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 3.10 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.28 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 1.07 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 3.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.35 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 2.83 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 4.09 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.41 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 1.78 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 4.50 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.80 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 944.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values | 2.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 21 Belarus 466.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values compare
- 22 Azerbaijan 463.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values compare
- 23 Brazil 462.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values compare
- 24 Slovakia 445.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values compare
- 25 Belgium 430.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values compare
- 26 Romania 421.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values compare
- 27 Norway 407.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values compare
More public sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4073 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -41.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 161.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0156 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 346.78 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 93.74 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 20,397 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arms imports in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Arms imports in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 2.61 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in 2025, according to Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- What is the highest arms imports recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.50 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in 2017.
- What is the lowest arms imports recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 944.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in 2024.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for arms imports?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 24th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is arms imports rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published as part of Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.