Greece vs Poland
Greece vs Poland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 574 million TIV in Greece and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.6 billion TIV, or 3.78 times that in Greece.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Greece.
- In 2025, Greece ranked 17 and Poland ranked 4 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 | Greece | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 574 million | 2.17 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 631 million | 1.54 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 404 million | 1.39 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 441 million | 414 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 231 million | 68 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 92 million | 153 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 93 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 39 million | 50 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 51 million | 126 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 302 million | 45 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 728 million | 127 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 204 million | 275 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 28 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 19 million | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 70 million | 141 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 630 million | 174 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.22 billion | 193 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 482 million | 633 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 1.67 billion | 969 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 719 million | 442 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 406 million | 105 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 1.1 billion | 223 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2.16 billion | 347 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 402 million | 253 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 793 million | 31 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 731 million | 146 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 837 million | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.72 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 807 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 380 million | 101 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 874 million | 250 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.23 billion | 74 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 892 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.15 billion | 100 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 487 million | 76 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 907 million | 226 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.25 billion | 501 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 561 million | 903 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 36 million | 1.04 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 202 million | 1.39 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 189 million | 925 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 366 million | 466 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 403 million | 536 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 462 million | 709 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 951 million | 804 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 660 million | 1.12 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 734 million | 1.19 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.28 billion | 1.19 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 980 million | 1.02 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.29 billion | 1.1 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 912 million | 887 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 428 million | 1.06 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 246 million | 1.11 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 689 million | 958 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 581 million | 1.01 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 305 million | 859 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 292 million | 992 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 107 million | 927 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 373 million | 781 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 212 million | 1 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 497 million | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 639 million | 1.57 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 106 million | 1.02 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 340 million | 685 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 148 million | 864 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 261 million | 889 million | 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
Greece vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025