Bulgaria vs Romania: Arms exports

Arms exports: 33 million TIV in Bulgaria in 2024 and 132 million TIV in Romania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 90 million TIV, or 3.73 times that in Bulgaria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Bulgaria.
The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bulgaria	Romania	World
2025	–	132 million	33.5 billion
2024	33 million	123 million	30.7 billion
2023	19 million	1 million	29.5 billion
2022	34 million	1 million	33.3 billion
2021	7 million	–	27.1 billion
2020	3 million	–	24.1 billion
2019	11 million	–	27 billion
2018	14 million	–	27.4 billion
2017	33 million	–	31.3 billion
2016	83 million	–	31.5 billion
2015	81 million	–	28.7 billion
2014	23 million	–	27.1 billion
2013	23 million	216 million	27.4 billion
2012	22 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	2 million	0	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	1 million	25.8 billion
2009	16 million	2 million	24.4 billion
2008	4 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	9 million	32 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	8 million	24.5 billion
2005	87 million	3 million	21.4 billion
2004	20 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	45 million	24 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	6 million	3 million	20.5 billion
1999	172 million	19 million	25.4 billion
1998	41 million	2 million	27.9 billion
1997	8 million	13 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	5 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	11 million	22.9 billion
1994	56 million	29 million	23 billion
1993	28 million	16 million	25.8 billion
1992	60 million	15 million	24.3 billion
1991	44 million	6 million	28.2 billion
1990	8 million	7 million	30.2 billion
1989	8 million	25 million	34.9 billion
1988	–	52 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	37 million	39.4 billion
1986	8 million	29 million	39 billion
1985	–	99 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	174 million	41.6 billion
1983	4 million	102 million	43.9 billion
1982	–	91 million	46.2 billion
1981	–	36 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	54 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	44 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	32 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	4 million	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	–	–	37.2 billion
1974	–	1 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	10 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	10 million	34.5 billion
1971	–	6 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	–	25.3 billion
1969	–	–	28.1 billion
1968	–	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	–	17.5 billion
1961	–	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	–	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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