Austria vs Slovakia
Austria vs Slovakia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 445 million TIV in Slovakia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Slovakia, by 416 million TIV, or 15 times that in Austria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Slovakia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Austria.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Slovakia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 million | 445 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 13 million | 181 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 17 million | 30 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 5 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 34 million | 1 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 14 million | 25 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 18 million | 15 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 6 million | 34 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | 47 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 13 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 2 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 5 million | 5 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 6 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 6 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | 9 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 286 million | 10 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 190 million | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 269 million | 0 | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 5 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 56 million | 1 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 41 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 81 million | 29 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 15 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 25 million | 1 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 48 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 247 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 190 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 9 million | 29 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 30 million | 208 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 52 million | 29 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 8 million | 146 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 5 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 6 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 5 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 84 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 117 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 7 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 28 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 13 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 145 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 97 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 73 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 177 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 72 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 8 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 12 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 12 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 32 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 38 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 93 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 123 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 99 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 12 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 48 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 61 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 78 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 74 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 201 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 56 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 27 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 16 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
Austria vs Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Slovakia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Slovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025