Greece vs Portugal
Greece vs Portugal: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 574 million TIV in Greece and 90 million TIV in Portugal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 484 million TIV, or 6.38 times that in Portugal.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Greece has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Portugal.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Greece | Portugal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 574 million | 90 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 631 million | 61 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 404 million | 67 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 441 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 231 million | 6 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 92 million | 45 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 93 million | 44 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 39 million | 19 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 51 million | 8 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 302 million | 21 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 728 million | 1 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 204 million | 3 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 28 million | 11 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 19 million | 42 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 70 million | 170 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 630 million | 891 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.22 billion | 371 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 482 million | 145 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 1.67 billion | 60 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 719 million | 220 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 406 million | 158 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 1.1 billion | 70 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2.16 billion | 29 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 402 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 793 million | 18 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 731 million | 2 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 837 million | 3 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.72 billion | 16 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 807 million | 2 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 380 million | 9 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 874 million | 20 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.23 billion | 453 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 892 million | 350 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.15 billion | 19 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 487 million | 1.01 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 907 million | 74 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.25 billion | 149 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 561 million | 90 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 36 million | 9 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 202 million | 3 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 189 million | 154 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 366 million | 109 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 403 million | 12 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 462 million | 192 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 951 million | 57 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 660 million | 36 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 734 million | 7 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.28 billion | 130 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 980 million | 94 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.29 billion | 64 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 912 million | 327 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 428 million | 118 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 246 million | 17 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 689 million | 17 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 581 million | 267 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 305 million | 371 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 292 million | 339 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 107 million | 371 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 373 million | 286 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 212 million | 244 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 497 million | 39 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 639 million | 46 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 106 million | 41 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 340 million | 28 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 148 million | 157 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 261 million | 35 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 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 exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025Portugal: 1 million TIV in 2025