Germany vs Greece: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 574 million TIV in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.06 billion TIV, or 2.84 times that in Greece.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Greece.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 and Greece ranked 17 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	Germany	Greece	World
2025	1.63 billion	574 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	631 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	404 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	441 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	231 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	92 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	93 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	39 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	302 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	728 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	204 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	28 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	70 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	630 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	1.22 billion	24 billion
2008	277 million	482 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	1.67 billion	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	719 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	406 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	2.16 billion	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	402 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	793 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	731 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	837 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	1.72 billion	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	807 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	380 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	874 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	1.23 billion	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	892 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	2.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	487 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	907 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	1.25 billion	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	561 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	36 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	202 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	189 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	366 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	462 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	951 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	660 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	734 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	1.28 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	980 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	1.29 billion	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	912 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	428 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	246 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	689 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	581 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	305 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	292 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	107 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	373 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	212 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	497 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	639 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	106 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	340 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	148 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	261 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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