Italy vs Philippines
Italy vs Philippines: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 280 million TIV, or 1.49 times that in Italy.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Philippines has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2025, Italy ranked 18 and Philippines ranked 10 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 | Italy | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 566 million | 846 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 494 million | 305 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 425 million | 108 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 237 million | 280 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 211 million | 365 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 201 million | 385 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 178 million | 191 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 275 million | 17 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 709 million | 278 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 734 million | 228 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 237 million | 153 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 127 million | 12 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 71 million | 83 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 189 million | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 286 million | 63 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 98 million | 3 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 94 million | 1 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 159 million | 10 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 467 million | 16 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | 23 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 136 million | 12 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 490 million | 34 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 617 million | 10 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 240 million | 5 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 234 million | 10 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 278 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 25 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 56 million | 64 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 474 million | 72 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 265 million | 43 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 322 million | 30 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 180 million | 72 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 205 million | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 192 million | 43 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 210 million | 34 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 155 million | 33 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 196 million | 19 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 179 million | 12 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 183 million | 26 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 198 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 205 million | 23 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 273 million | 38 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 303 million | 116 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 241 million | 17 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 129 million | 39 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 468 million | 75 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 591 million | 92 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 682 million | 143 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 517 million | 198 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 711 million | 256 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.02 billion | 133 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.12 billion | 60 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.02 billion | 106 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1.77 billion | 50 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.1 billion | 90 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 685 million | 9 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 611 million | 26 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 196 million | 16 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 107 million | 43 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 412 million | 86 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 736 million | 99 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.14 billion | 2 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.22 billion | 4 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 886 million | 11 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 427 million | 44 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 409 million | 50 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
Italy vs Philippines
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Philippines: 47.9% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Philippines: 4 million TIV in 2007