Greece vs Spain
Greece vs Spain: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Greece and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 339 million TIV, or 170 times that in Greece.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain 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 | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 million | 341 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 20 million | 606 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 7 million | 912 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | 1.01 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 676 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 1.01 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 318 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 705 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 30 million | 820 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 481 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 982 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 962 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 450 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 266 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 997 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 273 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 984 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 626 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 628 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 23 million | 898 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 13 million | 113 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 22 million | 54 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | 99 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 18 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | 8 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 2 million | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 3 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | 174 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 31 million | 605 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 19 million | 112 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 88 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | 253 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 10 million | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | 70 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 103 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 116 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 167 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 136 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 152 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 197 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 92 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 244 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 367 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 263 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 135 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 10 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 18 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 38 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 25 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 46 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 272 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 82 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 18 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 140 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 70 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 10 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 12 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 12 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 26 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | 33 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 7 million | 12 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 10 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 10 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 8 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025