Germany vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 537 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Germany.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Germany.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 and Poland ranked 4 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	Poland	World
2025	1.63 billion	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	193 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	804 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	864 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	889 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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