Canada's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 83 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 79.66% from 408 million in 2015 (14.72% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 83 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 248 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 408 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.58 billion | 1961 |
| Lowest | 37 million | 1989 |
| Average since 2016 | 214.5 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 171 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Canada's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) fell 58.1% on 2024 (from 198 million to 83 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +26.9% and a typical year strayed about 104.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below 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 821.6% in 1961 and the biggest yearly fall was 94.8% 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 downward, about 17.75 million a year. A straight line explains 32% 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 49th highest value of the 105 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 | 83 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.33 billion | 2025 |
| North America | 828 million | 2025 |
| High income | 20.57 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Canada in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
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.
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 imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 83,000,000 |
| 2024 | 198,000,000 |
| 2023 | 73,000,000 |
| 2022 | 214,000,000 |
| 2021 | 357,000,000 |
| 2020 | 248,000,000 |
| 2019 | 187,000,000 |
| 2018 | 185,000,000 |
| 2017 | 354,000,000 |
| 2016 | 246,000,000 |
| 2015 |
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
- United States — 745 million (2025)
More public sector data for Canada
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 37.49 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 52.4 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.63% (2025)
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 312 million (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 imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 83 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 51.46% from 171 million in 1960 (1.11% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.58 billion in 1961 and the lowest 37 million in 1989.
- How does Canada rank?
- 49th highest of 105 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) unusual for Canada?
- In 2025, Canada's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) fell 58.1% on 2024 (from 198 million to 83 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +26.9% and a typical year strayed about 104.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below 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.MPRT.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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