Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Croatia
Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Croatia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Bosnia & Herzegovina and 141 million TIV in Croatia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Croatia, by 140 million TIV, or 140 times that in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Croatia has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Bosnia & Herzegovina.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Croatia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 million | 141 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 90 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 89 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 29 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 12 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 3 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 0 | 13 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 20 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 11 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 27 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 18 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 18 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 10 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 4 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 103 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 20 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 8 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 2 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 57 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 25 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 2 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 78 million | 45 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 58 million | 12 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 1 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 6 million | 53 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 6 million | 29 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 29 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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
Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Croatia
Health
- Life expectancyBosnia & Herzegovina: 77.9 years in 2023Croatia: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBosnia & Herzegovina: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Croatia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBosnia & Herzegovina: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Croatia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBosnia & Herzegovina: 87% in 2022Croatia: 85.4% in 2007
- DepressionBosnia & Herzegovina: 2.32% in 2017Croatia: 2.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateBosnia & Herzegovina: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Croatia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBosnia & Herzegovina: 3.19 million people in 2023Croatia: 3.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthBosnia & Herzegovina: -0.59% a year in 2023Croatia: -0.34% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBosnia & Herzegovina: 1.49 births per woman in 2023Croatia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBosnia & Herzegovina: 52.7% in 2025Croatia: 57.8% in 2025
- Median ageBosnia & Herzegovina: 44.9 years in 2023Croatia: 44.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBosnia & Herzegovina: 21.6% in 2023Croatia: 22.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBosnia & Herzegovina: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Croatia: 2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBosnia & Herzegovina: $6,944 in 2025Croatia: $18,410 in 2025
- GDP growthBosnia & Herzegovina: 2.4% a year in 2025Croatia: 3.4% a year in 2025
- InflationBosnia & Herzegovina: 4% a year in 2025Croatia: 4.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtBosnia & Herzegovina: 28.8% of GDP in 2025Croatia: 56.3% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBosnia & Herzegovina: 0.73% of GDP in 2025Croatia: 2.02% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBosnia & Herzegovina: $213M in 2025Croatia: $1.93B in 2025
- Military spending per personBosnia & Herzegovina: $73 in 2025Croatia: $544 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBosnia & Herzegovina: 1.6% of government spending in 2025Croatia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBosnia & Herzegovina: 11,000 people in 2020Croatia: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerBosnia & Herzegovina: 0.03% of world capability in 2022Croatia: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBosnia & Herzegovina: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020Croatia: 1.17% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBosnia & Herzegovina: 7 million TIV in 2023Croatia: 53 million TIV in 2024