Bulgaria vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 540 million TIV in Bulgaria and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bulgaria, by 159 million TIV, or 1.42 times that in Türkiye.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Bulgaria has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Türkiye.
In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 19 and Türkiye ranked 30 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	Türkiye	World
2025	540 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	187 million	33 billion
2021	1 million	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	44 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	2 million	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	4 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	–	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	29 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	8 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	119 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	117 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	48 million	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	22 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	132 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	13 million	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	2 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	7 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	–	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	122 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	1 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	1 million	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	42 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	339 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	755 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	314 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	253 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	449 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	932 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	619 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	945 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	754 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	610 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	984 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	580 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	323 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	876 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	492 million	293 million	37 billion
1976	368 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	390 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	302 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	274 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	460 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	407 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	771 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	533 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	256 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	329 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	218 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	372 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	326 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	553 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	493 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	522 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	482 million	581 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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