France vs Italy: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 3.37 billion TIV in France and 1.92 billion TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 1.44 billion TIV, or 1.75 times that in Italy.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	France	Italy	World
2025	3.37 billion	1.92 billion	33.5 billion
2024	2.47 billion	1.21 billion	30.7 billion
2023	2.18 billion	1.37 billion	29.5 billion
2022	3.16 billion	1.71 billion	33.3 billion
2021	3.9 billion	1.63 billion	27.1 billion
2020	2.29 billion	821 million	24.1 billion
2019	3.75 billion	372 million	27 billion
2018	1.87 billion	535 million	27.4 billion
2017	2.34 billion	703 million	31.3 billion
2016	2.19 billion	616 million	31.5 billion
2015	2.23 billion	671 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.76 billion	688 million	27.1 billion
2013	1.87 billion	884 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.34 billion	789 million	27.9 billion
2011	2.08 billion	964 million	29.9 billion
2010	888 million	577 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.85 billion	512 million	24.4 billion
2008	1.87 billion	433 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.15 billion	700 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.48 billion	538 million	24.5 billion
2005	1.65 billion	832 million	21.4 billion
2004	2.12 billion	261 million	21.3 billion
2003	1.35 billion	359 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.38 billion	474 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.31 billion	267 million	18.5 billion
2000	966 million	205 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.68 billion	516 million	25.4 billion
1998	3.1 billion	423 million	27.9 billion
1997	3.18 billion	447 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.84 billion	287 million	23.7 billion
1995	969 million	301 million	22.9 billion
1994	858 million	208 million	23 billion
1993	971 million	342 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.25 billion	249 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.17 billion	354 million	28.2 billion
1990	1.8 billion	200 million	30.2 billion
1989	2.27 billion	316 million	34.9 billion
1988	1.96 billion	389 million	36.8 billion
1987	1.75 billion	626 million	39.4 billion
1986	2.96 billion	223 million	39 billion
1985	3.99 billion	868 million	38.2 billion
1984	2.93 billion	1.23 billion	41.6 billion
1983	3.41 billion	1.11 billion	43.9 billion
1982	3.79 billion	1.67 billion	46.2 billion
1981	3.68 billion	1.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	3.85 billion	1.16 billion	42.2 billion
1979	2.97 billion	1.31 billion	38.4 billion
1978	3.32 billion	665 million	42.4 billion
1977	2.74 billion	505 million	40 billion
1976	2.04 billion	523 million	36 billion
1975	2.32 billion	520 million	37.2 billion
1974	2.18 billion	409 million	36.6 billion
1973	2.97 billion	328 million	36.3 billion
1972	2.69 billion	284 million	34.5 billion
1971	2.36 billion	383 million	32.9 billion
1970	1.74 billion	280 million	25.3 billion
1969	1.52 billion	325 million	28.1 billion
1968	1.5 billion	197 million	26.1 billion
1967	1.6 billion	144 million	25.6 billion
1966	1.9 billion	243 million	25.8 billion
1965	1.33 billion	296 million	25.8 billion
1964	1.57 billion	385 million	26.7 billion
1963	1.33 billion	241 million	20.3 billion
1962	912 million	262 million	17.5 billion
1961	856 million	246 million	16.4 billion
1960	866 million	105 million	17.6 billion

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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.

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