Canada's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 312 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.7% from 298 million in 2015 (0.46% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 312 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 123 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 298 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 334 million | 2007 |
| Lowest | 33 million | 1989 |
| Average since 2016 | 172.9 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 66 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Canada's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) rose 31.6% on 2024 (from 237 million to 312 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +12.1% and a typical year strayed about 49.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 354.5% in 1961 and the biggest yearly fall was 73.4% in 1989. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 23 million a year. A straight line explains 69% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Canada had the 14th highest value of the 42 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 312 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.54 billion | 2025 |
| North America | 14.29 billion | 2025 |
| High income | 31.27 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Canada in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Arms transfers (exports) 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.
Limitations: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 312,000,000 |
| 2024 | 237,000,000 |
| 2023 | 276,000,000 |
| 2022 | 147,000,000 |
| 2021 | 144,000,000 |
| 2020 | 123,000,000 |
| 2019 | 223,000,000 |
| 2018 | 108,000,000 |
| 2017 | 63,000,000 |
| 2016 | 96,000,000 |
| 2015 |
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
- United States — 13.98 billion (2025)
More public sector data for Canada
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 83 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 37.49 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 52.4 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.63% (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 3.69% (2025)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) — 121.6 billion (2024)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) — 3.91% (2024)
- Central government debt, total (current LCU) — 1.99 trillion (2024)
- Central government debt, total (% of GDP) — 64.13% (2024)
- Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Canada's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 312 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 372.73% from 66 million in 1960 (2.42% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 334 million in 2007 and the lowest 33 million in 1989.
- How does Canada rank?
- 14th highest of 42 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) unusual for Canada?
- In 2025, Canada's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) rose 31.6% on 2024 (from 237 million to 312 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +12.1% and a typical year strayed about 49.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.XPRT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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