Finland vs Norway
Finland vs Norway: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 115 million TIV in Finland and 415 million TIV in Norway, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Norway, by 300 million TIV, or 3.61 times that in Finland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Norway has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Finland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Finland | Norway | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 million | 415 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 20 million | 569 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 51 million | 327 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 42 million | 120 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 18 million | 102 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 16 million | 60 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 29 million | 27 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 43 million | 71 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 32 million | 98 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 61 million | 85 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 29 million | 117 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 104 million | 87 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 76 million | 97 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 105 million | 52 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 70 million | 62 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 73 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 68 million | 31 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 100 million | 8 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 63 million | 3 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 124 million | 14 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 41 million | 6 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 28 million | 59 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 35 million | 91 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 35 million | 78 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 29 million | 31 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 12 million | 2 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 18 million | 3 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 17 million | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 1 million | 10 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | 4 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 25 million | 15 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 20 million | 39 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 12 million | 37 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 9 million | 78 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 18 million | 166 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 85 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 127 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | 34 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 54 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 29 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 42 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 35 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 15 million | 49 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 238 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 121 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 63 million | 135 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 63 million | 87 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 6 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 6 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 63 million | 6 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 63 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 30 million | 29 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 40 million | 4 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 37 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 39 million | 40 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 39 million | 77 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 39 million | 164 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 67 million | 80 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 3 million | 65 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 139 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 55 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 5 million | 37 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 5 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 75 million | 38 million | 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
Finland vs Norway
Health
- Life expectancyFinland: 81.9 years in 2023Norway: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFinland: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Norway: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFinland: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Norway: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFinland: 99.6% in 2022Norway: 98.8% in 2022
- DepressionFinland: 4.79% in 2017Norway: 3.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateFinland: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Norway: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFinland: 5.6 million people in 2023Norway: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthFinland: 0.39% a year in 2023Norway: 1.11% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFinland: 1.28 births per woman in 2023Norway: 1.41 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFinland: 74.5% in 2025Norway: 83.6% in 2025
- Median ageFinland: 42.8 years in 2023Norway: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFinland: 23.6% in 2023Norway: 18.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateFinland: 6.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Norway: 9.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFinland: 2.57% of GDP in 2025Norway: 3.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFinland: $7.61B in 2025Norway: $16.1B in 2025
- Military spending per personFinland: $1,437 in 2025Norway: $3,040 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFinland: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Norway: 6.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFinland: 22,000 people in 2020Norway: 25,000 people in 2020
- National powerFinland: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Norway: 0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFinland: 0.8% of the labour force in 2020Norway: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFinland: 51 million TIV in 2025Norway: 407 million TIV in 2025