Bulgaria vs Romania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 540 million TIV in Bulgaria and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 119 million TIV, or 1.28 times that in Romania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Bulgaria has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Romania.
In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 19 and Romania ranked 26 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	Romania	World
2025	540 million	421 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	320 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	364 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	186 million	33 billion
2021	1 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	44 million	168 million	23.4 billion
2019	2 million	13 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	36 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	88 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	177 million	31.4 billion
2015	4 million	22 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	0	27 billion
2013	–	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	29 million	80 million	29.9 billion
2010	8 million	107 million	25.8 billion
2009	119 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	117 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	48 million	101 million	26.5 billion
2006	22 million	64 million	24.4 billion
2005	132 million	431 million	21.3 billion
2004	13 million	283 million	21.3 billion
2003	2 million	17 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	24 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	7 million	142 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	170 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	122 million	39 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	1 million	29 million	22.8 billion
1993	1 million	14 million	25.8 billion
1992	42 million	187 million	24.3 billion
1991	339 million	65 million	27.8 billion
1990	755 million	599 million	28.6 billion
1989	314 million	296 million	31.7 billion
1988	253 million	237 million	32.9 billion
1987	449 million	214 million	36.2 billion
1986	932 million	455 million	35.5 billion
1985	619 million	330 million	33.2 billion
1984	945 million	243 million	36.8 billion
1983	754 million	284 million	39.1 billion
1982	610 million	444 million	41.4 billion
1981	984 million	470 million	42 billion
1980	580 million	516 million	37.4 billion
1979	323 million	612 million	33.3 billion
1978	876 million	329 million	39.2 billion
1977	492 million	348 million	37 billion
1976	368 million	294 million	33 billion
1975	390 million	637 million	34.2 billion
1974	302 million	673 million	32.9 billion
1973	274 million	538 million	32.6 billion
1972	460 million	497 million	28.7 billion
1971	407 million	471 million	29.3 billion
1970	771 million	561 million	22.1 billion
1969	533 million	399 million	24.7 billion
1968	256 million	591 million	22.4 billion
1967	329 million	442 million	22.1 billion
1966	218 million	401 million	22.4 billion
1965	372 million	520 million	23.1 billion
1964	326 million	421 million	24.2 billion
1963	553 million	230 million	18.1 billion
1962	493 million	179 million	15.5 billion
1961	522 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	482 million	116 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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