Greece vs Italy
Greece vs Italy: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Greece and 1.92 billion TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.92 billion TIV, or 960 times that in Greece.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1964.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Greece | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 million | 1.92 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 20 million | 1.21 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 7 million | 1.37 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | 1.71 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 1.63 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 821 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 372 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 535 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 30 million | 703 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 616 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 671 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 688 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 884 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 789 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 964 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 577 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 512 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 433 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 700 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 23 million | 538 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 13 million | 832 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 22 million | 261 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | 359 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 474 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | 267 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 2 million | 205 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 3 million | 516 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | 423 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 31 million | 447 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 19 million | 287 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 301 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | 208 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 10 million | 342 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | 249 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 354 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 200 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 316 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 389 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 626 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 223 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 868 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 1.23 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 1.11 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 1.67 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 1.7 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.16 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.31 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 665 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 505 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 523 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 520 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 409 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 328 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 284 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 383 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 280 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 325 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 197 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 144 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 243 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | 296 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 7 million | 385 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 241 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 262 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 246 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 105 million | 17.6 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Greece vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025