Bulgaria vs Serbia

Bulgaria vs Serbia: Arms exports

Arms exports: 33 million TIV in Bulgaria in 2024 and 39 million TIV in Serbia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 4 million TIV, or 2.33 times that in Serbia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Bulgaria vs Serbia: Arms exportsArms exports: 33 million TIV in Bulgaria in 2024 and 39 million TIV in Serbia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 4 million TIV, or 2.33 times that in Serbia.
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What the numbers say

  • Bulgaria has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Serbia.
  • The world as a whole: 27.1 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBulgariaSerbiaWorld
2025–39 million33.5 billion
202433 million–30.7 billion
202319 million–29.5 billion
202234 million–33.3 billion
20217 million3 million27.1 billion
20203 million50 million24.1 billion
201911 million26 million27 billion
201814 million29 million27.4 billion
201733 million20 million31.3 billion
201683 million86 million31.5 billion
201581 million62 million28.7 billion
201423 million10 million27.1 billion
201323 million10 million27.4 billion
201222 million15 million27.9 billion
20112 million4 million29.9 billion
20104 million31 million25.8 billion
200916 million024.4 billion
20084 million45 million24.1 billion
20079 million5 million26.5 billion
20065 million5 million24.5 billion
200587 million–21.4 billion
200420 million–21.3 billion
200345 million–19.2 billion
200237 million–17.7 billion
200110 million20 million18.5 billion
20006 million–20.5 billion
1999172 million–25.4 billion
199841 million–27.9 billion
19978 million5 million28.9 billion
199621 million20 million23.7 billion
19951 million–22.9 billion
199456 million–23 billion
199328 million–25.8 billion
199260 million–24.3 billion
199144 million–28.2 billion
19908 million–30.2 billion
19898 million–34.9 billion
1988––36.8 billion
1987––39.4 billion
19868 million–39 billion
1985––38.2 billion
1984––41.6 billion
19834 million–43.9 billion
1982––46.2 billion
1981––45.8 billion
1980––42.2 billion
1979––38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
1975––37.2 billion
1974––36.6 billion
1973––36.3 billion
1972––34.5 billion
1971––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

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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