Canada vs Poland
Canada vs Poland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 59 million TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 253 million TIV, or 5.29 times that in Poland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Poland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 312 million | 59 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 145 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 276 million | 576 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 147 million | 707 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 144 million | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 123 million | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 223 million | 10 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 108 million | 11 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 63 million | 8 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 96 million | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 298 million | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 189 million | 33 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 170 million | 147 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 258 million | 31 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 277 million | 8 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 196 million | 28 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 198 million | 75 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 252 million | 73 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 334 million | 163 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 254 million | 282 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 234 million | 18 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 289 million | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 302 million | 83 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 177 million | 56 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 124 million | 81 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 69 million | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 80 million | 65 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 39 million | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 97 million | 23 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 168 million | 57 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 248 million | 179 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 165 million | 133 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 152 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 147 million | 57 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 93 million | 62 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 79 million | 112 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 33 million | 20 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 124 million | 232 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 250 million | 222 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 240 million | 265 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 83 million | 131 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 77 million | 91 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 97 million | 134 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 237 million | 230 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 105 million | 365 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 116 million | 226 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 163 million | 247 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 177 million | 336 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 138 million | 400 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 259 million | 425 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 59 million | 316 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 90 million | 249 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 118 million | 158 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 323 million | 276 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 290 million | 278 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 198 million | 268 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 183 million | 323 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 198 million | 288 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 73 million | 309 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 112 million | 319 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 121 million | 234 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 273 million | 237 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 245 million | 111 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 188 million | 7 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 300 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 66 million | 0 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025