Germany vs United Kingdom

Germany vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 994 million TIV, or 2.42 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Germany vs United Kingdom: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 994 million TIV, or 2.42 times that in United Kingdom.
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What the numbers say

  • Germany has been higher since 2023, when it overtook United Kingdom.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearGermanyUnited KingdomWorld
20251.7 billion702 million33.5 billion
20242.11 billion884 million30.7 billion
20232.55 billion1.32 billion29.5 billion
20221.51 billion1.74 billion33.3 billion
2021852 million639 million27.1 billion
20201.15 billion652 million24.1 billion
2019978 million886 million27 billion
20181.1 billion682 million27.4 billion
20171.83 billion1.1 billion31.3 billion
20162.51 billion1.34 billion31.5 billion
20151.82 billion1.18 billion28.7 billion
20141.83 billion1.66 billion27.1 billion
2013721 million1.51 billion27.4 billion
2012715 million813 million27.9 billion
20111.2 billion1 billion29.9 billion
20102.36 billion1.15 billion25.8 billion
20092.21 billion1.07 billion24.4 billion
20082.38 billion931 million24.1 billion
20073.29 billion924 million26.5 billion
20062.48 billion957 million24.5 billion
20052.08 billion990 million21.4 billion
20041.09 billion1.23 billion21.3 billion
20031.63 billion769 million19.2 billion
2002889 million1.08 billion17.7 billion
2001851 million1.35 billion18.5 billion
20001.67 billion1.62 billion20.5 billion
19991.94 billion1.32 billion25.4 billion
19981.84 billion1.4 billion27.9 billion
1997951 million2.36 billion28.9 billion
19961.95 billion1.62 billion23.7 billion
19951.53 billion1.46 billion22.9 billion
19942.91 billion1.53 billion23 billion
19931.55 billion1.38 billion25.8 billion
19921.52 billion1.09 billion24.3 billion
19912.41 billion1.53 billion28.2 billion
19901.82 billion1.84 billion30.2 billion
19891.26 billion3.5 billion34.9 billion
19881.38 billion2.53 billion36.8 billion
1987908 million3.6 billion39.4 billion
19861.35 billion1.99 billion39 billion
19851.33 billion2.14 billion38.2 billion
19842.93 billion2.53 billion41.6 billion
19832.21 billion2.54 billion43.9 billion
19821.51 billion2.52 billion46.2 billion
19811.9 billion2.36 billion45.8 billion
19801.6 billion1.57 billion42.2 billion
19791.43 billion1.54 billion38.4 billion
19781.6 billion2.21 billion42.4 billion
19771.93 billion2.2 billion40 billion
19761.66 billion2.52 billion36 billion
19751.42 billion2.23 billion37.2 billion
19741.19 billion2.25 billion36.6 billion
1973222 million2.79 billion36.3 billion
19721.36 billion2.68 billion34.5 billion
19711.36 billion2.35 billion32.9 billion
19701.58 billion982 million25.3 billion
1969882 million1.62 billion28.1 billion
1968588 million1.68 billion26.1 billion
1967758 million1.88 billion25.6 billion
1966711 million1.42 billion25.8 billion
1965327 million1.5 billion25.8 billion
1964437 million1.41 billion26.7 billion
1963133 million1.24 billion20.3 billion
1962146 million1.07 billion17.5 billion
196112 million1.4 billion16.4 billion
1960156 million2.19 billion17.6 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.

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