Bulgaria vs Greece: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 540 million TIV in Bulgaria and 574 million TIV in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 34 million TIV, or 1.06 times that in Bulgaria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Greece has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Bulgaria.
In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 19 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	Bulgaria	Greece	World
2025	540 million	574 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	631 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	404 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	441 million	33 billion
2021	1 million	231 million	26.8 billion
2020	44 million	92 million	23.4 billion
2019	2 million	93 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	39 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	302 million	31.4 billion
2015	4 million	728 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	204 million	27 billion
2013	–	28 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	29 million	70 million	29.9 billion
2010	8 million	630 million	25.8 billion
2009	119 million	1.22 billion	24 billion
2008	117 million	482 million	24.1 billion
2007	48 million	1.67 billion	26.5 billion
2006	22 million	719 million	24.4 billion
2005	132 million	406 million	21.3 billion
2004	13 million	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	7 million	837 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	1.72 billion	27.9 billion
1997	–	807 million	28.9 billion
1996	122 million	380 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	874 million	22.9 billion
1994	1 million	1.23 billion	22.8 billion
1993	1 million	892 million	25.8 billion
1992	42 million	2.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	339 million	487 million	27.8 billion
1990	755 million	907 million	28.6 billion
1989	314 million	1.25 billion	31.7 billion
1988	253 million	561 million	32.9 billion
1987	449 million	36 million	36.2 billion
1986	932 million	202 million	35.5 billion
1985	619 million	189 million	33.2 billion
1984	945 million	366 million	36.8 billion
1983	754 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	610 million	462 million	41.4 billion
1981	984 million	951 million	42 billion
1980	580 million	660 million	37.4 billion
1979	323 million	734 million	33.3 billion
1978	876 million	1.28 billion	39.2 billion
1977	492 million	980 million	37 billion
1976	368 million	1.29 billion	33 billion
1975	390 million	912 million	34.2 billion
1974	302 million	428 million	32.9 billion
1973	274 million	246 million	32.6 billion
1972	460 million	689 million	28.7 billion
1971	407 million	581 million	29.3 billion
1970	771 million	305 million	22.1 billion
1969	533 million	292 million	24.7 billion
1968	256 million	107 million	22.4 billion
1967	329 million	373 million	22.1 billion
1966	218 million	212 million	22.4 billion
1965	372 million	497 million	23.1 billion
1964	326 million	639 million	24.2 billion
1963	553 million	106 million	18.1 billion
1962	493 million	340 million	15.5 billion
1961	522 million	148 million	15 billion
1960	482 million	261 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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