Brazil vs Poland
Brazil vs Poland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.71 billion TIV, or 4.69 times that in Brazil.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Poland ranked 4 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 | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 2.17 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | 1.54 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | 1.39 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | 414 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | 68 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | 153 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | 50 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | 126 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | 45 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | 127 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | 275 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 141 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 174 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | 193 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | 633 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | 969 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | 442 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | 105 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | 223 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | 347 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | 253 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | 31 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | 146 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | 101 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 267 million | 250 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 311 million | 74 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 66 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 98 million | 100 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | 76 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | 226 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | 501 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | 903 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | 1.04 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 1.39 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 925 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 466 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | 536 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 709 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 804 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 1.12 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | 1.19 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | 1.19 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | 1.02 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 1.1 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 887 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | 1.06 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 1.11 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 958 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 1.01 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 859 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | 992 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 927 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | 781 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 1 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | 1.57 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | 1.02 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | 685 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 million | 864 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 236 million | 889 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 Poland
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025