Canada vs Spain
Canada vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 154 million TIV, or 2.86 times that in Canada.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Spain ranked 33 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 | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 198 million | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 73 million | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 214 million | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 248 million | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 187 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 185 million | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 354 million | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 246 million | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 408 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 202 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 207 million | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 356 million | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 242 million | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 104 million | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 423 million | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 478 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 97 million | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 106 million | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 341 million | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 140 million | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 418 million | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 520 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 529 million | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 143 million | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 111 million | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 353 million | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 419 million | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 405 million | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 473 million | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 196 million | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 407 million | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 767 million | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 157 million | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 37 million | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 712 million | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 787 million | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 849 million | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 848 million | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 654 million | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 649 million | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 277 million | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 453 million | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 442 million | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 193 million | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 130 million | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 90 million | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 53 million | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 229 million | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 78 million | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 376 million | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 457 million | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 623 million | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 516 million | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 336 million | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 237 million | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 306 million | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 563 million | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 742 million | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.01 billion | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.22 billion | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.58 billion | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 171 million | 214 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025