Germany vs Greece
Germany vs Greece: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany and 2 million TIV in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.69 billion TIV, or 850 times that in Greece.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Germany | Greece | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 billion | 2 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.11 billion | 20 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.55 billion | 7 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.51 billion | 7 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 852 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 1.15 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 978 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.1 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.83 billion | 30 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.51 billion | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 1.82 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.83 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 721 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 715 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.2 billion | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.36 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 2.21 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 2.38 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 3.29 billion | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2.48 billion | 23 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 2.08 billion | 13 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 1.09 billion | 22 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.63 billion | 6 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 889 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 851 million | 2 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 1.67 billion | 2 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.94 billion | 3 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1.84 billion | 9 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 951 million | 31 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.95 billion | 19 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.53 billion | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2.91 billion | 18 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 1.55 billion | 10 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.52 billion | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 2.41 billion | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.82 billion | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1.26 billion | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.38 billion | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 908 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1.35 billion | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 1.33 billion | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 2.21 billion | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.51 billion | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.9 billion | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.6 billion | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.43 billion | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 1.6 billion | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 1.93 billion | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 1.66 billion | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 1.42 billion | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.19 billion | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 222 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 1.36 billion | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 1.36 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.58 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 882 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 588 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 758 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 711 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 327 million | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 437 million | 7 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 133 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 146 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 12 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 156 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
Germany vs Greece
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Greece: 81.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Greece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Greece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Greece: 98.9% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Greece: 4.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Greece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Greece: 10.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Greece: -2.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Greece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Greece: 79.2% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Greece: 45.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Greece: 23.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Greece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Greece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Greece: $7.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Greece: $842 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Greece: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Greece: 147,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Greece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Greece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025Greece: 574 million TIV in 2025