Greece vs Portugal
Greece vs Portugal: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Greece and 1 million TIV in Portugal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 1 million TIV, or 2 times that in Portugal.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Portugal.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Greece | Portugal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 million | 1 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 20 million | 37 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 7 million | 8 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | 2 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 11 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 46 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 3 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 3 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 30 million | 56 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 172 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 7 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 18 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 46 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 99 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 23 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 13 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 22 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 2 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 3 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 31 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 19 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 10 million | 2 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 71 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 1 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 2 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 4 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 4 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 21 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 93 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 11 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 6 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 2 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 7 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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 Portugal
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Portugal: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Portugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Portugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Portugal: 95.2% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Portugal: 4.42% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Portugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Portugal: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Portugal: -0% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Portugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Portugal: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Portugal: 46.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Portugal: 24.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Portugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Portugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Portugal: $5.51B in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025Portugal: $563 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Portugal: 4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Portugal: 52,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Portugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Portugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Portugal: 90 million TIV in 2025