Denmark vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 278 million TIV in Denmark and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.35 billion TIV, or 5.87 times that in Denmark.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Denmark.
In 2025, Denmark ranked 32 and Germany ranked 6 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	Denmark	Germany	World
2025	278 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	440 million	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	280 million	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	214 million	269 million	33 billion
2021	264 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	63 million	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	55 million	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	54 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	53 million	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	103 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	42 million	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	176 million	77 million	27 billion
2013	34 million	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	103 million	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	22 million	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	134 million	329 million	24 billion
2008	98 million	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	133 million	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	86 million	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	117 million	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	232 million	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	48 million	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	39 million	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	148 million	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	50 million	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	74 million	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	120 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	77 million	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	75 million	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	134 million	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	88 million	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	51 million	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	72 million	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	156 million	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	131 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	187 million	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	98 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	99 million	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	16 million	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	88 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	70 million	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	231 million	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	470 million	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	477 million	261 million	42 billion
1980	480 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	55 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	360 million	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	391 million	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	389 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	89 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	39 million	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	–	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	156 million	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	384 million	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	212 million	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	19 million	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	77 million	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	72 million	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	66 million	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	455 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	491 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	137 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	61 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	142 million	2.04 billion	15.7 billion

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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.

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