Hungary vs Romania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 402 million TIV in Hungary and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 19 million TIV, or 1.05 times that in Hungary.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Hungary.
In 2025, Hungary ranked 28 and Romania ranked 26 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	Hungary	Romania	World
2025	402 million	421 million	33.3 billion
2024	581 million	320 million	30.6 billion
2023	246 million	364 million	29.5 billion
2022	40 million	186 million	33 billion
2021	20 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	55 million	168 million	23.4 billion
2019	16 million	13 million	26.9 billion
2018	27 million	36 million	27.3 billion
2017	5 million	88 million	31.2 billion
2016	14 million	177 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	22 million	28.7 billion
2014	7 million	0	27 billion
2013	2 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	8 million	80 million	29.9 billion
2010	18 million	107 million	25.8 billion
2009	4 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	5 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	196 million	101 million	26.5 billion
2006	253 million	64 million	24.4 billion
2005	13 million	431 million	21.3 billion
2004	72 million	283 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	17 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	14 million	24 million	18.3 billion
2000	14 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	142 million	25.3 billion
1998	88 million	170 million	27.9 billion
1997	99 million	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	156 million	39 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	2 million	29 million	22.8 billion
1993	928 million	14 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	187 million	24.3 billion
1991	22 million	65 million	27.8 billion
1990	15 million	599 million	28.6 billion
1989	68 million	296 million	31.7 billion
1988	42 million	237 million	32.9 billion
1987	77 million	214 million	36.2 billion
1986	80 million	455 million	35.5 billion
1985	229 million	330 million	33.2 billion
1984	307 million	243 million	36.8 billion
1983	176 million	284 million	39.1 billion
1982	183 million	444 million	41.4 billion
1981	147 million	470 million	42 billion
1980	388 million	516 million	37.4 billion
1979	485 million	612 million	33.3 billion
1978	660 million	329 million	39.2 billion
1977	394 million	348 million	37 billion
1976	378 million	294 million	33 billion
1975	495 million	637 million	34.2 billion
1974	554 million	673 million	32.9 billion
1973	394 million	538 million	32.6 billion
1972	123 million	497 million	28.7 billion
1971	239 million	471 million	29.3 billion
1970	24 million	561 million	22.1 billion
1969	449 million	399 million	24.7 billion
1968	271 million	591 million	22.4 billion
1967	287 million	442 million	22.1 billion
1966	150 million	401 million	22.4 billion
1965	667 million	520 million	23.1 billion
1964	747 million	421 million	24.2 billion
1963	376 million	230 million	18.1 billion
1962	295 million	179 million	15.5 billion
1961	580 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	604 million	116 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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