Canada vs Italy
Canada vs Italy: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 483 million TIV, or 6.82 times that in Canada.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Italy ranked 18 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 | Canada | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 million | 566 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 198 million | 494 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 73 million | 425 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 214 million | 237 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | 211 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 248 million | 201 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 187 million | 178 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 185 million | 275 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 354 million | 709 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 246 million | 734 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 408 million | 237 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 127 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 202 million | 71 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 207 million | 189 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 356 million | 286 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 242 million | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 104 million | 94 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 423 million | 159 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 478 million | 467 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 97 million | 384 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 106 million | 136 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 341 million | 490 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 140 million | 617 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 418 million | 240 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 520 million | 234 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 529 million | 278 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 143 million | 25 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 111 million | 56 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 353 million | 474 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 419 million | 265 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 405 million | 322 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 473 million | 180 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 196 million | 205 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 407 million | 192 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 767 million | 210 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 157 million | 155 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 37 million | 196 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 712 million | 179 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 787 million | 183 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 849 million | 198 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 848 million | 205 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 654 million | 273 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 649 million | 303 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 277 million | 241 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 453 million | 129 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 442 million | 468 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 193 million | 591 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 130 million | 682 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 90 million | 517 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 53 million | 711 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | 1.02 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 229 million | 1.12 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 78 million | 1.02 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 376 million | 1.77 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 457 million | 1.1 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 623 million | 685 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 516 million | 611 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 336 million | 196 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 237 million | 107 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 306 million | 412 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 563 million | 736 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 742 million | 1.14 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.01 billion | 1.22 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.22 billion | 886 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.58 billion | 427 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 171 million | 409 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025