Czechia vs Germany
Czechia vs Germany: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 19 million TIV in Czechia and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.61 billion TIV, or 86 times that in Czechia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Czechia.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 74 and Germany ranked 6 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 | Germany | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 million | 1.63 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 58 million | 240 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 148 million | 203 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 69 million | 269 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 32 million | 235 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 8 million | 105 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 38 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 7 million | 14 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 43 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 55 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 119 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 77 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | 103 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | 140 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 112 million | 79 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 50 million | 301 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 26 million | 329 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 25 million | 277 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 10 million | 46 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | 413 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 600 million | 206 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 6 million | 245 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 94 million | 70 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 42 million | 71 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 57 million | 133 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 13 million | 113 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1 million | 129 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | 618 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | 60 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 35 million | 244 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 222 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 417 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 529 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 716 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 750 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 757 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 701 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 447 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 340 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 322 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 130 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 412 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 434 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 453 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 261 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 150 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 65 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 661 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 1.01 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 1.36 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 1.83 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.14 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1.72 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 796 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.24 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1.26 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.23 billion | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.25 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.39 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 3.39 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 3.52 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 3.83 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 3.31 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 2.5 billion | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 2.09 billion | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.04 billion | 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 Germany
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Germany: 81.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Germany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Germany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Germany: 99.9% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Germany: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Germany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Germany: 84.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Germany: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Germany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Germany: 82.1% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Germany: 45.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Germany: 22.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Germany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Germany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Germany: $107B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Germany: $1,346 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Germany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Germany: 183,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Germany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Germany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Germany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025