Czechia vs Slovakia
Czechia vs Slovakia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 19 million TIV in Czechia and 445 million TIV in Slovakia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Slovakia, by 426 million TIV, or 23 times that in Czechia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Slovakia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Czechia.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 74 and Slovakia ranked 24 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 | Slovakia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 million | 445 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 58 million | 181 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 148 million | 30 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 69 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 32 million | 1 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 8 million | 25 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 15 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 7 million | 34 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 47 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | 5 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 112 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 50 million | 9 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 26 million | 10 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 25 million | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 10 million | 0 | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 600 million | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 6 million | 1 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 94 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 42 million | 29 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 57 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 13 million | 1 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 35 million | 29 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 208 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 29 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 146 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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 Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Slovakia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Slovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025