Czechia vs Italy
Czechia vs Italy: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 19 million TIV in Czechia and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 547 million TIV, or 30 times that in Czechia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Czechia.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 74 and Italy ranked 18 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 | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 million | 566 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 58 million | 494 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 148 million | 425 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 69 million | 237 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 32 million | 211 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 8 million | 201 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 178 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 7 million | 275 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 709 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 734 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 237 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 127 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | 71 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | 189 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 112 million | 286 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 50 million | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 26 million | 94 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 25 million | 159 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 10 million | 467 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | 384 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 600 million | 136 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 6 million | 490 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 94 million | 617 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 42 million | 240 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 57 million | 234 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 13 million | 278 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1 million | 25 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | 56 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | 474 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 35 million | 265 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 322 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 180 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 205 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 192 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 210 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 155 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 196 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 179 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 183 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 198 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 205 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 273 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 303 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 241 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 129 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 468 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 591 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 682 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 517 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 711 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 1.02 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1.12 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1.02 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 1.77 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 1.1 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 685 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 611 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 196 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 107 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 412 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 736 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.14 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.22 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 886 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 427 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 409 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 Italy
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025