Bulgaria vs Serbia

Bulgaria vs Serbia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 540 million TIV in Bulgaria and 146 million TIV in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 394 million TIV, or 3.7 times that in Serbia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Bulgaria vs Serbia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 540 million TIV in Bulgaria and 146 million TIV in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 394 million TIV, or 3.7 times that in Serbia.
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What the numbers say

  • Bulgaria has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Serbia.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBulgariaSerbiaWorld
2025540 million146 million33.3 billion
2024–155 million30.6 billion
2023–370 million29.5 billion
20223 million164 million33 billion
20211 million117 million26.8 billion
202044 million147 million23.4 billion
20192 million84 million26.9 billion
2018–4 million27.3 billion
2017–65 million31.2 billion
2016–23 million31.4 billion
20154 million–28.7 billion
2014––27 billion
2013––27.4 billion
20125 million027.9 billion
201129 million–29.9 billion
20108 million16 million25.8 billion
2009119 million–24 billion
2008117 million–24.1 billion
200748 million–26.5 billion
200622 million–24.4 billion
2005132 million–21.3 billion
200413 million–21.3 billion
20032 million–19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001–27 million18.3 billion
2000–1 million20.5 billion
19997 million1 million25.3 billion
1998–7 million27.9 billion
1997–14 million28.9 billion
1996122 million1 million23.7 billion
19951 million8 million22.9 billion
19941 million2 million22.8 billion
19931 million2 million25.8 billion
199242 million4 million24.3 billion
1991339 million–27.8 billion
1990755 million–28.6 billion
1989314 million–31.7 billion
1988253 million–32.9 billion
1987449 million–36.2 billion
1986932 million–35.5 billion
1985619 million–33.2 billion
1984945 million–36.8 billion
1983754 million–39.1 billion
1982610 million–41.4 billion
1981984 million–42 billion
1980580 million–37.4 billion
1979323 million–33.3 billion
1978876 million–39.2 billion
1977492 million–37 billion
1976368 million–33 billion
1975390 million–34.2 billion
1974302 million–32.9 billion
1973274 million–32.6 billion
1972460 million–28.7 billion
1971407 million–29.3 billion
1970771 million–22.1 billion
1969533 million–24.7 billion
1968256 million–22.4 billion
1967329 million–22.1 billion
1966218 million–22.4 billion
1965372 million–23.1 billion
1964326 million–24.2 billion
1963553 million–18.1 billion
1962493 million–15.5 billion
1961522 million–15 billion
1960482 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.

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