Brazil vs Italy
Brazil vs Italy: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 104 million TIV, or 1.23 times that in Brazil.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Italy ranked 18 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 | Brazil | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 566 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | 494 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | 425 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | 237 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | 211 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | 201 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | 178 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | 275 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | 709 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | 734 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | 237 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | 127 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | 71 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | 189 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 286 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | 94 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | 159 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | 467 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | 384 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | 136 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | 490 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | 617 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | 240 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | 234 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | 278 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | 25 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | 56 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | 474 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | 265 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 267 million | 322 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 311 million | 180 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 66 million | 205 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 98 million | 192 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | 210 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | 155 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | 196 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | 179 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | 183 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 198 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 205 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 273 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | 303 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 241 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 129 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 468 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | 591 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | 682 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | 517 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 711 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 1.02 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | 1.12 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 1.02 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 1.77 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 1.1 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 685 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | 611 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 196 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | 107 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 412 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 736 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | 1.14 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | 1.22 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | 886 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 million | 427 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 236 million | 409 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
Brazil vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025