Germany vs Romania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.21 billion TIV, or 3.88 times that in Romania.

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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 Romania.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	Romania	World
2025	1.63 billion	421 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	320 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	364 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	186 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	168 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	13 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	36 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	88 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	177 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	22 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	0	27 billion
2013	103 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	80 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	107 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	101 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	64 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	431 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	283 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	17 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	24 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	142 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	170 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	39 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	29 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	14 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	187 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	65 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	599 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	296 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	237 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	214 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	455 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	330 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	243 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	284 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	444 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	470 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	516 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	612 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	329 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	348 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	294 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	637 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	673 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	538 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	497 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	471 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	561 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	399 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	591 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	442 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	401 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	520 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	421 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	230 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	179 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	30 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	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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