Czechia vs France
Czechia vs France: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 137 million TIV in Czechia and 3.37 billion TIV in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 3.23 billion TIV, or 25 times that in Czechia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Czechia | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 million | 3.37 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 189 million | 2.47 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 113 million | 2.18 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 168 million | 3.16 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 6 million | 3.9 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 26 million | 2.29 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 19 million | 3.75 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 92 million | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 89 million | 2.34 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 153 million | 2.19 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 151 million | 2.23 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 26 million | 1.76 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 41 million | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 8 million | 1.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 10 million | 2.08 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | 888 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 24 million | 1.85 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 34 million | 1.87 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 34 million | 2.15 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 44 million | 1.48 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 72 million | 1.65 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2 million | 2.12 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 65 million | 1.35 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 60 million | 1.38 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 89 million | 1.31 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 83 million | 966 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 58 million | 1.68 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 21 million | 3.1 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 24 million | 3.18 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 123 million | 1.84 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 146 million | 969 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 319 million | 858 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 199 million | 971 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.25 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.17 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.8 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 2.27 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.96 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.75 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 2.96 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 3.99 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.93 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 3.41 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 3.79 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 3.68 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 3.85 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 2.97 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 3.32 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.74 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.04 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.32 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.18 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.97 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.69 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.36 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1.74 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.52 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.5 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.6 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.9 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.33 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.57 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.33 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 912 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 856 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 866 million | 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
Czechia vs France
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025