France vs Romania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 185 million TIV, or 1.78 times that in France.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2022.
In 2025, France ranked 34 and Romania ranked 26 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	Romania	World
2025	236 million	421 million	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	320 million	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	364 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	186 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	168 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	13 million	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	36 million	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	88 million	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	177 million	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	22 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	0	27 billion
2013	104 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	80 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	107 million	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	101 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	64 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	431 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	283 million	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	17 million	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	24 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	142 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	170 million	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	39 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	29 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	14 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	187 million	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	65 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	599 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	296 million	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	237 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	214 million	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	455 million	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	330 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	243 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	284 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	444 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	470 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	516 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	612 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	329 million	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	348 million	37 billion
1976	186 million	294 million	33 billion
1975	45 million	637 million	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	673 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	538 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	497 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	471 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	561 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	399 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	591 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	442 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	401 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	520 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	421 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	230 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	179 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	526 million	116 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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