Hungary vs Serbia
Hungary vs Serbia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 402 million TIV in Hungary and 146 million TIV in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Hungary, by 256 million TIV, or 2.75 times that in Serbia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Hungary has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Serbia.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Hungary | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 402 million | 146 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 581 million | 155 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 246 million | 370 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 40 million | 164 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 20 million | 117 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 55 million | 147 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 16 million | 84 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 27 million | 4 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 5 million | 65 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 14 million | 23 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 7 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 2 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 18 million | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 4 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 5 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 196 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 253 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 13 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 72 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 14 million | 27 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 14 million | 1 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 152 million | 1 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 88 million | 7 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 99 million | 14 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 156 million | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 8 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | 2 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 928 million | 2 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 4 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 22 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 15 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 68 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 42 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 77 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 80 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 229 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 307 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 176 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 183 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 147 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 388 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 485 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 660 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 394 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 378 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 495 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 554 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 394 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 123 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 239 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 24 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 449 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 271 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 287 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 150 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 667 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 747 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 376 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 295 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 580 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 604 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Hungary vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyHungary: 77 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHungary: 100% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionHungary: 2.77% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateHungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHungary: 9.69 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthHungary: 0.07% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHungary: 70.7% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageHungary: 43.3 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHungary: 20.8% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateHungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHungary: 2.04% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHungary: $4.62B in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personHungary: $518 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHungary: 46,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerHungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsHungary: 11 million TIV in 2024Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025