Hungary vs Romania
Hungary vs Romania: Arms exports
Arms exports: 11 million TIV in Hungary in 2024 and 132 million TIV in Romania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 112 million TIV, or 11 times that in Hungary.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Hungary.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Hungary | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 132 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 11 million | 123 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 41 million | 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 | 9 million | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 8 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 82 million | 3 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 34 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 19 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 24 million | 13 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 6 million | 11 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 29 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 21 million | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 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 | 4 million | 102 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 4 million | 91 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 30 million | 36 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 4 million | 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 | 8 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 8 million | 1 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 44 million | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 8 million | 10 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 28 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 37 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 18 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 18 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 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
Hungary vs Romania
Health
- Life expectancyHungary: 77 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHungary: 100% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionHungary: 2.77% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateHungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHungary: 9.69 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthHungary: 0.07% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHungary: 70.7% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageHungary: 43.3 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHungary: 20.8% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateHungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHungary: 2.04% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHungary: $4.62B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personHungary: $518 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHungary: 46,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerHungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHungary: 402 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025