France vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 1 million TIV, or 1 times that in France.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook France.
In 2025, France ranked 34 and Spain ranked 33 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	Spain	World
2025	236 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	104 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	186 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	45 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	526 million	214 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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