Finland vs Norway
Finland vs Norway: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 51 million TIV in Finland and 407 million TIV in Norway, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Norway, by 356 million TIV, or 7.98 times that in Finland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Norway has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Finland.
- In 2025, Finland ranked 57 and Norway ranked 27 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 | Finland | Norway | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 million | 407 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 105 million | 379 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 37 million | 200 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 12 million | 700 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 20 million | 503 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 96 million | 459 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 86 million | 389 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 82 million | 520 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 47 million | 353 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 122 million | 142 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 268 million | 143 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 182 million | 16 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 254 million | 51 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 87 million | 147 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 60 million | 607 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 41 million | 150 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 37 million | 569 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 134 million | 602 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 149 million | 598 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 132 million | 559 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 93 million | 14 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 67 million | 6 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 242 million | 9 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 15 million | 95 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 7 million | 99 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 472 million | 234 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 768 million | 151 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 560 million | 158 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 397 million | 164 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 552 million | 151 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 195 million | 66 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 234 million | 93 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 406 million | 180 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 442 million | 253 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 65 million | 321 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 88 million | 435 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 86 million | 600 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 141 million | 308 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 66 million | 192 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 98 million | 141 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 203 million | 122 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 127 million | 337 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 112 million | 441 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 132 million | 457 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 118 million | 435 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 328 million | 254 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 47 million | 47 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 105 million | 24 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 12 million | 27 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 74 million | 35 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 129 million | 49 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 172 million | 55 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 13 million | 63 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 26 million | 68 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 4 million | 82 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 15 million | 154 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 21 million | 538 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 23 million | 289 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 76 million | 685 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 42 million | 759 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 81 million | 368 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 103 million | 260 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 252 million | 227 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 48 million | 60 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 52 million | 93 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 60 million | 153 million | 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
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 exportsFinland: 115 million TIV in 2025Norway: 415 million TIV in 2025