Germany vs Ukraine
Germany vs Ukraine: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 632 million TIV, or 1.39 times that in Germany.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Germany.
- In 2025, Germany ranked 6 and Ukraine ranked 3 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 | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.63 billion | 2.26 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 240 million | 5.34 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 203 million | 4.29 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 269 million | 2.97 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 235 million | 44 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 105 million | 18 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 38 million | 31 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 14 million | 67 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 43 million | 4 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 55 million | 5 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 119 million | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 77 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 103 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 140 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 79 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 301 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 329 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 277 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 46 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 413 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 206 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 245 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 70 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 71 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 133 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 113 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 129 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 618 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 60 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 244 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 222 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 417 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 529 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 716 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 750 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 757 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 701 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 447 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 340 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 322 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 130 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 412 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 434 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 453 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 261 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 150 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 65 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 661 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.01 billion | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.36 billion | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.83 billion | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.14 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.72 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 796 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 2.24 billion | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.26 billion | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.23 billion | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.25 billion | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1.39 billion | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 3.39 billion | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 3.52 billion | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 3.83 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 3.31 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 2.5 billion | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2.09 billion | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 2.04 billion | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Germany vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsGermany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025