Czechia vs France
Czechia vs France: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 19 million TIV in Czechia and 236 million TIV in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 217 million TIV, or 12 times that in Czechia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Czechia.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 74 and France ranked 34 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 | Czechia | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 million | 236 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 58 million | 183 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 148 million | 114 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 69 million | 130 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 32 million | 105 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 8 million | 225 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 104 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 7 million | 201 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 84 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 38 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 36 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 17 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | 104 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | 86 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 112 million | 41 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 50 million | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 26 million | 72 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 25 million | 2 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 10 million | 75 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | 68 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 600 million | 2 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 6 million | 93 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 94 million | 55 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 42 million | 38 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 57 million | 61 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 13 million | 98 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1 million | 105 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | 171 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | 223 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 35 million | 64 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 99 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 84 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 102 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 439 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 963 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 77 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 107 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 134 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 84 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 100 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 20 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 73 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 108 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 142 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 106 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 70 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 107 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 231 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 194 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 186 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 45 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 46 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 51 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 33 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 57 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 44 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 64 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 123 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 98 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 106 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 378 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.3 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 162 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 122 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 321 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 526 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
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 exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025France: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025