Greece vs Romania
Greece vs Romania: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Greece and 132 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 130 million TIV, or 66 times that in Greece.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Greece.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Greece | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 million | 132 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 20 million | 123 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 7 million | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 30 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 216 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 2 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 23 million | 8 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 13 million | 3 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 22 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 2 million | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 3 million | 19 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 31 million | 13 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 19 million | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 11 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | 29 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 10 million | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 6 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 25 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 52 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 37 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 29 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 99 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 174 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 102 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 91 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 36 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 54 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 44 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 32 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 4 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 10 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 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 Romania
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025