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
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
| Year | Italy | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 566 million | 2.17 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 494 million | 1.54 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 425 million | 1.39 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 237 million | 414 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 211 million | 68 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 201 million | 153 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 178 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 275 million | 50 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 709 million | 126 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 734 million | 45 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 237 million | 127 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 127 million | 275 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 71 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 189 million | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 286 million | 141 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 98 million | 174 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 94 million | 193 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 159 million | 633 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 467 million | 969 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | 442 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 136 million | 105 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 490 million | 223 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 617 million | 347 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 240 million | 253 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 234 million | 31 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 278 million | 146 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 25 million | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 56 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 474 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 265 million | 101 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 322 million | 250 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 180 million | 74 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 205 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 192 million | 100 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 210 million | 76 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 155 million | 226 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 196 million | 501 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 179 million | 903 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 183 million | 1.04 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 198 million | 1.39 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 205 million | 925 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 273 million | 466 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 303 million | 536 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 241 million | 709 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 129 million | 804 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 468 million | 1.12 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 591 million | 1.19 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 682 million | 1.19 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 517 million | 1.02 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 711 million | 1.1 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.02 billion | 887 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.12 billion | 1.06 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.02 billion | 1.11 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1.77 billion | 958 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.1 billion | 1.01 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 685 million | 859 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 611 million | 992 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 196 million | 927 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 107 million | 781 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 412 million | 1 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 736 million | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.14 billion | 1.57 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.22 billion | 1.02 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 886 million | 685 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 427 million | 864 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 409 million | 889 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 Poland
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025