Czechia vs Romania
Czechia vs Romania: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 19 million TIV in Czechia and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 402 million TIV, or 22 times that in Czechia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Czechia.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 74 and Romania ranked 26 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 | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 million | 421 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 58 million | 320 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 148 million | 364 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 69 million | 186 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 32 million | 105 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 8 million | 168 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 13 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 7 million | 36 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 88 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 177 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 0 | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | 20 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 112 million | 80 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 50 million | 107 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 26 million | 59 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 25 million | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 10 million | 101 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | 64 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 600 million | 431 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 6 million | 283 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 94 million | 17 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 42 million | 21 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 57 million | 24 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 13 million | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1 million | 142 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | 170 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | 61 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 35 million | 39 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 2 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 29 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 14 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 187 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 65 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 599 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 296 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 237 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 214 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 455 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 330 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 243 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 284 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 444 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 470 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 516 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 612 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 329 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 348 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 294 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 637 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 673 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 538 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 497 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 471 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 561 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 399 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 591 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 442 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 401 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 520 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 421 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 230 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 179 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 30 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 116 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 Romania
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Romania: 132 million TIV in 2025