Italy vs Poland

Italy vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.6 billion TIV, or 3.83 times that in Italy.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Italy vs Poland: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.6 billion TIV, or 3.83 times that in Italy.
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What the numbers say

  • Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Italy.
  • In 2025, Italy ranked 18 and Poland ranked 4 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

YearItalyPolandWorld
2025566 million2.17 billion33.3 billion
2024494 million1.54 billion30.6 billion
2023425 million1.39 billion29.5 billion
2022237 million414 million33 billion
2021211 million68 million26.8 billion
2020201 million153 million23.4 billion
2019178 million213 million26.9 billion
2018275 million50 million27.3 billion
2017709 million126 million31.2 billion
2016734 million45 million31.4 billion
2015237 million127 million28.7 billion
2014127 million275 million27 billion
201371 million146 million27.4 billion
2012189 million227 million27.9 billion
2011286 million141 million29.9 billion
201098 million174 million25.8 billion
200994 million193 million24 billion
2008159 million633 million24.1 billion
2007467 million969 million26.5 billion
2006384 million442 million24.4 billion
2005136 million105 million21.3 billion
2004490 million223 million21.3 billion
2003617 million347 million19.2 billion
2002240 million253 million17.7 billion
2001234 million31 million18.3 billion
2000278 million146 million20.5 billion
199925 million23 million25.3 billion
199856 million–27.9 billion
1997474 million–28.9 billion
1996265 million101 million23.7 billion
1995322 million250 million22.9 billion
1994180 million74 million22.8 billion
1993205 million4 million25.8 billion
1992192 million100 million24.3 billion
1991210 million76 million27.8 billion
1990155 million226 million28.6 billion
1989196 million501 million31.7 billion
1988179 million903 million32.9 billion
1987183 million1.04 billion36.2 billion
1986198 million1.39 billion35.5 billion
1985205 million925 million33.2 billion
1984273 million466 million36.8 billion
1983303 million536 million39.1 billion
1982241 million709 million41.4 billion
1981129 million804 million42 billion
1980468 million1.12 billion37.4 billion
1979591 million1.19 billion33.3 billion
1978682 million1.19 billion39.2 billion
1977517 million1.02 billion37 billion
1976711 million1.1 billion33 billion
19751.02 billion887 million34.2 billion
19741.12 billion1.06 billion32.9 billion
19731.02 billion1.11 billion32.6 billion
19721.77 billion958 million28.7 billion
19711.1 billion1.01 billion29.3 billion
1970685 million859 million22.1 billion
1969611 million992 million24.7 billion
1968196 million927 million22.4 billion
1967107 million781 million22.1 billion
1966412 million1 billion22.4 billion
1965736 million1.16 billion23.1 billion
19641.14 billion1.57 billion24.2 billion
19631.22 billion1.02 billion18.1 billion
1962886 million685 million15.5 billion
1961427 million864 million15 billion
1960409 million889 million15.7 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.

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