Italy vs Portugal: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 90 million TIV in Portugal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 476 million TIV, or 6.29 times that in Portugal.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Portugal.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Italy	Portugal	World
2025	566 million	90 million	33.3 billion
2024	494 million	61 million	30.6 billion
2023	425 million	67 million	29.5 billion
2022	237 million	–	33 billion
2021	211 million	6 million	26.8 billion
2020	201 million	45 million	23.4 billion
2019	178 million	44 million	26.9 billion
2018	275 million	19 million	27.3 billion
2017	709 million	8 million	31.2 billion
2016	734 million	21 million	31.4 billion
2015	237 million	1 million	28.7 billion
2014	127 million	3 million	27 billion
2013	71 million	11 million	27.4 billion
2012	189 million	42 million	27.9 billion
2011	286 million	170 million	29.9 billion
2010	98 million	891 million	25.8 billion
2009	94 million	371 million	24 billion
2008	159 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2007	467 million	60 million	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	220 million	24.4 billion
2005	136 million	158 million	21.3 billion
2004	490 million	70 million	21.3 billion
2003	617 million	29 million	19.2 billion
2002	240 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	234 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	278 million	2 million	20.5 billion
1999	25 million	3 million	25.3 billion
1998	56 million	16 million	27.9 billion
1997	474 million	2 million	28.9 billion
1996	265 million	9 million	23.7 billion
1995	322 million	20 million	22.9 billion
1994	180 million	453 million	22.8 billion
1993	205 million	350 million	25.8 billion
1992	192 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	210 million	1.01 billion	27.8 billion
1990	155 million	74 million	28.6 billion
1989	196 million	149 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	90 million	32.9 billion
1987	183 million	9 million	36.2 billion
1986	198 million	3 million	35.5 billion
1985	205 million	154 million	33.2 billion
1984	273 million	109 million	36.8 billion
1983	303 million	12 million	39.1 billion
1982	241 million	192 million	41.4 billion
1981	129 million	57 million	42 billion
1980	468 million	36 million	37.4 billion
1979	591 million	7 million	33.3 billion
1978	682 million	130 million	39.2 billion
1977	517 million	94 million	37 billion
1976	711 million	64 million	33 billion
1975	1.02 billion	327 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.12 billion	118 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.02 billion	17 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.77 billion	17 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.1 billion	267 million	29.3 billion
1970	685 million	371 million	22.1 billion
1969	611 million	339 million	24.7 billion
1968	196 million	371 million	22.4 billion
1967	107 million	286 million	22.1 billion
1966	412 million	244 million	22.4 billion
1965	736 million	39 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.14 billion	46 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.22 billion	41 million	18.1 billion
1962	886 million	28 million	15.5 billion
1961	427 million	157 million	15 billion
1960	409 million	35 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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