Albania vs Greece
Albania vs Greece: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 23 million TIV in Albania and 574 million TIV in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 551 million TIV, or 25 times that in Albania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher since 1970, when it overtook Albania.
- In 2025, Albania ranked 70 and Greece ranked 17 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Albania | Greece | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 million | 574 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 38 million | 631 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1 million | 404 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 441 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1 million | 231 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 12 million | 92 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 5 million | 93 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 39 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1 million | 51 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 302 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 7 million | 728 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 7 million | 204 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 7 million | 28 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 15 million | 19 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 70 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 630 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.22 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 482 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5 million | 1.67 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 719 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 7 million | 406 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 1.1 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2 million | 2.16 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 402 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 793 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 731 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 837 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.72 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 807 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 380 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 26 million | 874 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.23 billion | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 892 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 2.15 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 487 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 907 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 1.25 billion | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 561 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 36 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 202 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 189 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 366 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 403 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 462 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 951 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 660 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 734 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 5 million | 1.28 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 7 million | 980 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 5 million | 1.29 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 53 million | 912 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 137 million | 428 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 106 million | 246 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 134 million | 689 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 332 million | 581 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 250 million | 305 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 297 million | 292 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 265 million | 107 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 163 million | 373 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 74 million | 212 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 140 million | 497 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 8 million | 639 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 12 million | 106 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 42 million | 340 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 74 million | 148 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 69 million | 261 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Albania vs Greece
Health
- Life expectancyAlbania: 79.6 years in 2023Greece: 81.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlbania: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Greece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlbania: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Greece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlbania: 70.7% in 2022Greece: 98.9% in 2022
- DepressionAlbania: 2.21% in 2017Greece: 4.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlbania: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Greece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlbania: 2.81 million people in 2023Greece: 10.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlbania: -0.71% a year in 2023Greece: -2.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlbania: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Greece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlbania: 58.9% in 2025Greece: 79.2% in 2025
- Median ageAlbania: 36.3 years in 2023Greece: 45.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlbania: 16.3% in 2023Greece: 23.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlbania: -9 per 1,000 people in 2023Greece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlbania: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Greece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlbania: $568M in 2025Greece: $7.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlbania: $224 in 2025Greece: $842 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlbania: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Greece: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlbania: 8,000 people in 2020Greece: 147,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlbania: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Greece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlbania: 0.65% of the labour force in 2020Greece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAlbania: 1 million TIV in 2011Greece: 2 million TIV in 2025