Italy vs Romania
Italy vs Romania: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.92 billion TIV in Italy and 132 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.79 billion TIV, or 15 times that in Romania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.92 billion | 132 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.21 billion | 123 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.37 billion | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.71 billion | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 1.63 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 821 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 372 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 535 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 703 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 616 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 671 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 688 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 884 million | 216 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 789 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 964 million | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 577 million | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 512 million | 2 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 433 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 700 million | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 538 million | 8 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 832 million | 3 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 261 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 359 million | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 474 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 267 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 205 million | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 516 million | 19 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 423 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 447 million | 13 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 287 million | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 301 million | 11 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 208 million | 29 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 342 million | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 249 million | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 354 million | 6 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 200 million | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 316 million | 25 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 389 million | 52 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 626 million | 37 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 223 million | 29 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 868 million | 99 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.23 billion | 174 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1.11 billion | 102 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.67 billion | 91 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.7 billion | 36 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.16 billion | 54 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.31 billion | 44 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 665 million | 32 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 505 million | 4 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 523 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 520 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 409 million | 1 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 328 million | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 284 million | 10 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 383 million | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 280 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 325 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 197 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 144 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 243 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 296 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 385 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 241 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 262 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 246 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 105 million | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Romania
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025