Italy vs Ukraine
Italy vs Ukraine: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.92 billion TIV in Italy and 120 million TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.8 billion TIV, or 16 times that in Ukraine.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Ukraine.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.92 billion | 120 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.21 billion | 29 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.37 billion | 29 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.71 billion | 102 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 1.63 billion | 201 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 821 million | 114 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 372 million | 162 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 535 million | 310 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 703 million | 377 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 616 million | 463 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 671 million | 303 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 688 million | 632 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 884 million | 688 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 789 million | 1.5 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 964 million | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 577 million | 519 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 512 million | 444 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 433 million | 397 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 700 million | 640 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 538 million | 533 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 832 million | 299 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 261 million | 196 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 359 million | 313 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 474 million | 327 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 267 million | 555 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 205 million | 1.42 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 516 million | 1.11 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 423 million | 709 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 447 million | 573 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 287 million | 223 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 301 million | 169 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 208 million | 240 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 342 million | 84 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 249 million | 165 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 354 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 200 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 316 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 389 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 626 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 223 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 868 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.23 billion | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1.11 billion | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.67 billion | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.7 billion | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.16 billion | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.31 billion | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 665 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 505 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 523 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 520 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 409 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 328 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 284 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 383 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 Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025