Italy vs Spain

Italy vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 329 million TIV, or 2.39 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Italy vs Spain: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 329 million TIV, or 2.39 times that in Spain.
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What the numbers say

  • Italy has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Spain.
  • In 2025, Italy ranked 18 and Spain ranked 33 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

YearItalySpainWorld
2025566 million237 million33.3 billion
2024494 million159 million30.6 billion
2023425 million159 million29.5 billion
2022237 million198 million33 billion
2021211 million134 million26.8 billion
2020201 million70 million23.4 billion
2019178 million35 million26.9 billion
2018275 million149 million27.3 billion
2017709 million82 million31.2 billion
2016734 million104 million31.4 billion
2015237 million152 million28.7 billion
2014127 million109 million27 billion
201371 million155 million27.4 billion
2012189 million219 million27.9 billion
2011286 million166 million29.9 billion
201098 million272 million25.8 billion
200994 million228 million24 billion
2008159 million347 million24.1 billion
2007467 million343 million26.5 billion
2006384 million312 million24.4 billion
2005136 million358 million21.3 billion
2004490 million288 million21.3 billion
2003617 million239 million19.2 billion
2002240 million266 million17.7 billion
2001234 million140 million18.3 billion
2000278 million315 million20.5 billion
199925 million357 million25.3 billion
199856 million82 million27.9 billion
1997474 million192 million28.9 billion
1996265 million395 million23.7 billion
1995322 million355 million22.9 billion
1994180 million838 million22.8 billion
1993205 million299 million25.8 billion
1992192 million207 million24.3 billion
1991210 million109 million27.8 billion
1990155 million691 million28.6 billion
1989196 million835 million31.7 billion
1988179 million1.95 billion32.9 billion
1987183 million1.08 billion36.2 billion
1986198 million1.08 billion35.5 billion
1985205 million327 million33.2 billion
1984273 million81 million36.8 billion
1983303 million614 million39.1 billion
1982241 million512 million41.4 billion
1981129 million636 million42 billion
1980468 million689 million37.4 billion
1979591 million650 million33.3 billion
1978682 million432 million39.2 billion
1977517 million312 million37 billion
1976711 million831 million33 billion
19751.02 billion1.16 billion34.2 billion
19741.12 billion557 million32.9 billion
19731.02 billion895 million32.6 billion
19721.77 billion793 million28.7 billion
19711.1 billion637 million29.3 billion
1970685 million234 million22.1 billion
1969611 million181 million24.7 billion
1968196 million133 million22.4 billion
1967107 million303 million22.1 billion
1966412 million307 million22.4 billion
1965736 million382 million23.1 billion
19641.14 billion51 million24.2 billion
19631.22 billion15 million18.1 billion
1962886 million55 million15.5 billion
1961427 million103 million15 billion
1960409 million214 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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