China vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.96 billion TIV, or 10 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook China.
In 2025, China ranked 36 and Poland ranked 4 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	China	Poland	World
2025	207 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	275 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	193 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	804 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	1 million	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	1 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	864 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	889 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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