Italy vs Spain
Italy vs Spain: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.92 billion TIV in Italy and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.58 billion TIV, or 5.64 times that in Spain.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Spain.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.92 billion | 341 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.21 billion | 606 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.37 billion | 912 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.71 billion | 1.01 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 1.63 billion | 676 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 821 million | 1.01 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 372 million | 318 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 535 million | 705 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 703 million | 820 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 616 million | 481 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 671 million | 982 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 688 million | 962 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 884 million | 450 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 789 million | 266 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 964 million | 997 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 577 million | 273 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 512 million | 984 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 433 million | 626 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 700 million | 628 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 538 million | 898 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 832 million | 113 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 261 million | 54 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 359 million | 99 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 474 million | 18 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 267 million | 8 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 205 million | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 516 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 423 million | 174 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 447 million | 605 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 287 million | 112 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 301 million | 88 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 208 million | 253 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 342 million | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 249 million | 70 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 354 million | 103 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 200 million | 116 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 316 million | 167 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 389 million | 136 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 626 million | 152 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 223 million | 197 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 868 million | 92 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.23 billion | 244 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1.11 billion | 367 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.67 billion | 263 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.7 billion | 135 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.16 billion | 10 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.31 billion | 18 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 665 million | 38 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 505 million | 25 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 523 million | 46 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 520 million | 272 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 409 million | 82 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 328 million | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 284 million | 18 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 383 million | 140 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 280 million | 70 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 325 million | 10 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 197 million | 12 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 144 million | 12 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 243 million | 26 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 296 million | 33 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 385 million | 12 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 241 million | 10 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 262 million | 10 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 246 million | 8 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 105 million | 2 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025