Germany vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.02 billion TIV, or 2.68 times that in United Kingdom.

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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 United Kingdom.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	1.63 billion	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	262 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	251 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	34 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	26 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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