China vs Poland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 59 million TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 821 million TIV, or 15 times that in Poland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1978, when it overtook Poland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Poland	World
2025	880 million	59 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.29 billion	145 million	30.7 billion
2023	2.75 billion	576 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.32 billion	707 million	33.3 billion
2021	1.34 billion	3 million	27.1 billion
2020	645 million	0	24.1 billion
2019	1.6 billion	10 million	27 billion
2018	1.39 billion	11 million	27.4 billion
2017	1.64 billion	8 million	31.3 billion
2016	2.48 billion	5 million	31.5 billion
2015	1.84 billion	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.35 billion	33 million	27.1 billion
2013	2.1 billion	147 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.5 billion	31 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.31 billion	8 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.53 billion	28 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.14 billion	75 million	24.4 billion
2008	598 million	73 million	24.1 billion
2007	520 million	163 million	26.5 billion
2006	769 million	282 million	24.5 billion
2005	341 million	18 million	21.4 billion
2004	408 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	701 million	83 million	19.2 billion
2002	524 million	56 million	17.7 billion
2001	510 million	81 million	18.5 billion
2000	309 million	47 million	20.5 billion
1999	334 million	65 million	25.4 billion
1998	349 million	1 million	27.9 billion
1997	427 million	23 million	28.9 billion
1996	764 million	57 million	23.7 billion
1995	981 million	179 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.06 billion	133 million	23 billion
1993	1.44 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	672 million	57 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.32 billion	62 million	28.2 billion
1990	955 million	112 million	30.2 billion
1989	1.06 billion	20 million	34.9 billion
1988	1.43 billion	232 million	36.8 billion
1987	2.6 billion	222 million	39.4 billion
1986	1.86 billion	265 million	39 billion
1985	1.29 billion	131 million	38.2 billion
1984	1.94 billion	91 million	41.6 billion
1983	1.76 billion	134 million	43.9 billion
1982	1.56 billion	230 million	46.2 billion
1981	707 million	365 million	45.8 billion
1980	943 million	226 million	42.2 billion
1979	553 million	247 million	38.4 billion
1978	611 million	336 million	42.4 billion
1977	224 million	400 million	40 billion
1976	580 million	425 million	36 billion
1975	661 million	316 million	37.2 billion
1974	508 million	249 million	36.6 billion
1973	658 million	158 million	36.3 billion
1972	1.25 billion	276 million	34.5 billion
1971	1.31 billion	278 million	32.9 billion
1970	905 million	268 million	25.3 billion
1969	669 million	323 million	28.1 billion
1968	746 million	288 million	26.1 billion
1967	426 million	309 million	25.6 billion
1966	628 million	319 million	25.8 billion
1965	387 million	234 million	25.8 billion
1964	75 million	237 million	26.7 billion
1963	12 million	111 million	20.3 billion
1962	47 million	7 million	17.5 billion
1961	35 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	285 million	0	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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