Bulgaria vs Türkiye: Arms exports

Arms exports: 33 million TIV in Bulgaria in 2024 and 539 million TIV in Türkiye in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 378 million TIV, or 12 times that in Bulgaria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Türkiye has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Bulgaria.
The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bulgaria	Türkiye	World
2025	–	539 million	33.5 billion
2024	33 million	411 million	30.7 billion
2023	19 million	698 million	29.5 billion
2022	34 million	628 million	33.3 billion
2021	7 million	526 million	27.1 billion
2020	3 million	275 million	24.1 billion
2019	11 million	286 million	27 billion
2018	14 million	257 million	27.4 billion
2017	33 million	184 million	31.3 billion
2016	83 million	258 million	31.5 billion
2015	81 million	244 million	28.7 billion
2014	23 million	166 million	27.1 billion
2013	23 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	22 million	149 million	27.9 billion
2011	2 million	95 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	79 million	25.8 billion
2009	16 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2008	4 million	123 million	24.1 billion
2007	9 million	88 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	68 million	24.5 billion
2005	87 million	26 million	21.4 billion
2004	20 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2003	45 million	45 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	28 million	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	5 million	18.5 billion
2000	6 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	172 million	46 million	25.4 billion
1998	41 million	3 million	27.9 billion
1997	8 million	0	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	3 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	56 million	–	23 billion
1993	28 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	60 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	44 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	8 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	8 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	–	–	36.8 billion
1987	–	–	39.4 billion
1986	8 million	–	39 billion
1985	–	–	38.2 billion
1984	–	–	41.6 billion
1983	4 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	–	–	46.2 billion
1981	–	11 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	23 million	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

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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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