Czechia vs Poland
Czechia vs Poland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 137 million TIV in Czechia and 59 million TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Czechia, by 78 million TIV, or 2.32 times that in Poland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Czechia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Poland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Czechia | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 million | 59 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 189 million | 145 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 113 million | 576 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 168 million | 707 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 6 million | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 26 million | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 19 million | 10 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 92 million | 11 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 89 million | 8 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 153 million | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 151 million | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 26 million | 33 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 41 million | 147 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 8 million | 31 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 10 million | 8 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | 28 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 24 million | 75 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 34 million | 73 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 34 million | 163 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 44 million | 282 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 72 million | 18 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2 million | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 65 million | 83 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 60 million | 56 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 89 million | 81 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 83 million | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 58 million | 65 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 21 million | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 24 million | 23 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 123 million | 57 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 146 million | 179 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 319 million | 133 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 199 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 57 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 62 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 112 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 20 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 232 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 222 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 265 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 131 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 91 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 134 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 230 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 365 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 226 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 247 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 336 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 400 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 425 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 316 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 249 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 158 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 276 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 278 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 268 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 323 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 288 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 309 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 319 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 234 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 237 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 111 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 7 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 0 | 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 Poland
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025