France vs Greece: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 574 million TIV in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 338 million TIV, or 2.43 times that in France.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Greece has been higher since 2021, when it overtook France.
In 2025, France ranked 34 and Greece ranked 17 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	France	Greece	World
2025	236 million	574 million	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	631 million	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	404 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	441 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	231 million	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	92 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	93 million	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	39 million	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	302 million	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	728 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	204 million	27 billion
2013	104 million	28 million	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	70 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	630 million	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	1.22 billion	24 billion
2008	2 million	482 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	1.67 billion	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	719 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	406 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	2.16 billion	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	402 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	793 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	731 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	837 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	1.72 billion	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	807 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	380 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	874 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	1.23 billion	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	892 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	2.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	487 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	907 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	1.25 billion	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	561 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	36 million	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	202 million	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	189 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	366 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	462 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	951 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	660 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	734 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	1.28 billion	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	980 million	37 billion
1976	186 million	1.29 billion	33 billion
1975	45 million	912 million	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	428 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	246 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	689 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	581 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	305 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	292 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	107 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	373 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	212 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	497 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	639 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	106 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	340 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	148 million	15 billion
1960	526 million	261 million	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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