Italy vs Netherlands

Italy vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 258 million TIV, or 1.46 times that in Italy.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Italy vs Netherlands: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 258 million TIV, or 1.46 times that in Italy.
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What the numbers say

  • Netherlands has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Italy.
  • In 2025, Italy ranked 18 and Netherlands ranked 12 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

YearItalyNetherlandsWorld
2025566 million824 million33.3 billion
2024494 million333 million30.6 billion
2023425 million374 million29.5 billion
2022237 million725 million33 billion
2021211 million512 million26.8 billion
2020201 million575 million23.4 billion
2019178 million494 million26.9 billion
2018275 million139 million27.3 billion
2017709 million33 million31.2 billion
2016734 million69 million31.4 billion
2015237 million51 million28.7 billion
2014127 million8 million27 billion
201371 million488 million27.4 billion
2012189 million190 million27.9 billion
2011286 million115 million29.9 billion
201098 million171 million25.8 billion
200994 million262 million24 billion
2008159 million147 million24.1 billion
2007467 million221 million26.5 billion
2006384 million304 million24.4 billion
2005136 million86 million21.3 billion
2004490 million130 million21.3 billion
2003617 million128 million19.2 billion
2002240 million247 million17.7 billion
2001234 million164 million18.3 billion
2000278 million123 million20.5 billion
199925 million278 million25.3 billion
199856 million269 million27.9 billion
1997474 million126 million28.9 billion
1996265 million203 million23.7 billion
1995322 million84 million22.9 billion
1994180 million205 million22.8 billion
1993205 million140 million25.8 billion
1992192 million237 million24.3 billion
1991210 million322 million27.8 billion
1990155 million273 million28.6 billion
1989196 million705 million31.7 billion
1988179 million393 million32.9 billion
1987183 million614 million36.2 billion
1986198 million792 million35.5 billion
1985205 million892 million33.2 billion
1984273 million1.17 billion36.8 billion
1983303 million1.33 billion39.1 billion
1982241 million1.24 billion41.4 billion
1981129 million755 million42 billion
1980468 million645 million37.4 billion
1979591 million792 million33.3 billion
1978682 million717 million39.2 billion
1977517 million606 million37 billion
1976711 million285 million33 billion
19751.02 billion108 million34.2 billion
19741.12 billion40 million32.9 billion
19731.02 billion21 million32.6 billion
19721.77 billion650 million28.7 billion
19711.1 billion698 million29.3 billion
1970685 million699 million22.1 billion
1969611 million569 million24.7 billion
1968196 million288 million22.4 billion
1967107 million751 million22.1 billion
1966412 million204 million22.4 billion
1965736 million815 million23.1 billion
19641.14 billion1.01 billion24.2 billion
19631.22 billion767 million18.1 billion
1962886 million294 million15.5 billion
1961427 million227 million15 billion
1960409 million255 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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