France vs Romania
France vs Romania: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 3.37 billion TIV in France and 132 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 3.24 billion TIV, or 26 times that in Romania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | France | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.37 billion | 132 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.47 billion | 123 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.18 billion | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 3.16 billion | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3.9 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 2.29 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 3.75 billion | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.87 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 2.34 billion | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.19 billion | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2.23 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.76 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 1.87 billion | 216 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.34 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 2.08 billion | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 888 million | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.85 billion | 2 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1.87 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2.15 billion | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.48 billion | 8 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 1.65 billion | 3 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2.12 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.35 billion | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1.38 billion | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.31 billion | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 966 million | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.68 billion | 19 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 3.1 billion | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.18 billion | 13 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.84 billion | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 969 million | 11 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 858 million | 29 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 971 million | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.25 billion | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.17 billion | 6 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.8 billion | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 2.27 billion | 25 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.96 billion | 52 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1.75 billion | 37 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 2.96 billion | 29 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 3.99 billion | 99 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | 174 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 3.41 billion | 102 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 3.79 billion | 91 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 3.68 billion | 36 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 3.85 billion | 54 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 2.97 billion | 44 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 3.32 billion | 32 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 2.74 billion | 4 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 2.04 billion | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 2.32 billion | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.18 billion | 1 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 2.97 billion | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2.69 billion | 10 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 2.36 billion | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.74 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 1.52 billion | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1.5 billion | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 1.6 billion | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 1.9 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1.33 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1.57 billion | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 1.33 billion | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 912 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 856 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 866 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
France vs Romania
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025