China vs Germany: Arms exports
Arms exports over time
- China
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 2.05 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.13 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in China, a difference of 918.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.8 times China's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.
Globally, China ranks 6th and Germany ranks 3rd of 70 countries.
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About this data
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.