France vs Poland
France vs Poland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 3.37 billion TIV in France and 59 million TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 3.31 billion TIV, or 57 times that in Poland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
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 | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.37 billion | 59 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.47 billion | 145 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.18 billion | 576 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 3.16 billion | 707 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3.9 billion | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 2.29 billion | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 3.75 billion | 10 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.87 billion | 11 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 2.34 billion | 8 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.19 billion | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2.23 billion | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.76 billion | 33 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 1.87 billion | 147 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.34 billion | 31 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 2.08 billion | 8 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 888 million | 28 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.85 billion | 75 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1.87 billion | 73 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2.15 billion | 163 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.48 billion | 282 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 1.65 billion | 18 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2.12 billion | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.35 billion | 83 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1.38 billion | 56 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.31 billion | 81 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 966 million | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.68 billion | 65 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 3.1 billion | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.18 billion | 23 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.84 billion | 57 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 969 million | 179 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 858 million | 133 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 971 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.25 billion | 57 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.17 billion | 62 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.8 billion | 112 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 2.27 billion | 20 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.96 billion | 232 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1.75 billion | 222 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 2.96 billion | 265 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 3.99 billion | 131 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | 91 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 3.41 billion | 134 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 3.79 billion | 230 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 3.68 billion | 365 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 3.85 billion | 226 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 2.97 billion | 247 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 3.32 billion | 336 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 2.74 billion | 400 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 2.04 billion | 425 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 2.32 billion | 316 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.18 billion | 249 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 2.97 billion | 158 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2.69 billion | 276 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 2.36 billion | 278 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.74 billion | 268 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 1.52 billion | 323 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1.5 billion | 288 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 1.6 billion | 309 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 1.9 billion | 319 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1.33 billion | 234 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1.57 billion | 237 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 1.33 billion | 111 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 912 million | 7 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 856 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 866 million | 0 | 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
France vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025