Czechia vs United Kingdom
Czechia vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 137 million TIV in Czechia and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 565 million TIV, or 5.12 times that in Czechia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Czechia | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 million | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 189 million | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 113 million | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 168 million | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 6 million | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 26 million | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 19 million | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 92 million | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 89 million | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 153 million | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 151 million | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 26 million | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 41 million | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 8 million | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 10 million | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 24 million | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 34 million | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 34 million | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 44 million | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 72 million | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2 million | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 65 million | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 60 million | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 89 million | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 83 million | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 58 million | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 21 million | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 24 million | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 123 million | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 146 million | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 319 million | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 199 million | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.19 billion | 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 United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025