Greece vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 574 million TIV in Greece and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 35 million TIV, or 1.06 times that in Greece.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Greece.
In 2025, Greece ranked 17 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	574 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	631 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	404 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	441 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	231 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	92 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	93 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	39 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	302 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	728 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	204 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	28 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	70 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	630 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.22 billion	381 million	24 billion
2008	482 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.67 billion	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	719 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	406 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.1 billion	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.16 billion	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	402 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	793 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	731 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	837 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.72 billion	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	807 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	380 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	874 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.23 billion	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	892 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.15 billion	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	487 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	907 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.25 billion	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	561 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	202 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	189 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	366 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	462 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	951 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	660 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	734 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.28 billion	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	980 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	1.29 billion	251 million	33 billion
1975	912 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	428 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	246 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	689 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	581 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	305 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	292 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	107 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	373 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	212 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	497 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	639 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	106 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	340 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	148 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	261 million	26 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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