China vs Italy: Arms exports

China
1.13 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Italy
1.38 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
China rank
6th
Italy rank
4th

Arms exports over time

  • China
  • Italy
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 1.38 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.13 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in China, a difference of 248.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times China's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.

Globally, China ranks 6th and Italy ranks 4th of 70 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,345 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.