Estonia vs Latvia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 204 million TIV in Estonia in 2025 and 19 million TIV in Latvia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Estonia, by 96 million TIV, or 6.05 times that in Latvia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Estonia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Latvia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Estonia	Latvia	World
2025	204 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	115 million	19 million	30.6 billion
2023	23 million	47 million	29.5 billion
2022	15 million	34 million	33 billion
2021	20 million	15 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	10 million	23.4 billion
2019	20 million	31 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	21 million	27.3 billion
2017	36 million	30 million	31.2 billion
2016	32 million	28 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	3 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	18 million	5 million	27.4 billion
2012	2 million	9 million	27.9 billion
2011	1 million	27 million	29.9 billion
2010	13 million	16 million	25.8 billion
2009	42 million	11 million	24 billion
2008	28 million	46 million	24.1 billion
2007	18 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	4 million	9 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	5 million	21.3 billion
2004	11 million	13 million	21.3 billion
2003	14 million	25 million	19.2 billion
2002	2 million	4 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	14 million	18.3 billion
2000	27 million	3 million	20.5 billion
1999	1 million	4 million	25.3 billion
1998	4 million	0	27.9 billion
1997	13 million	0	28.9 billion
1996	1 million	0	23.7 billion
1995	17 million	16 million	22.9 billion
1994	15 million	12 million	22.8 billion
1993	3 million	8 million	25.8 billion
1992	2 million	0	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

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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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