Italy vs Ukraine
Italy vs Ukraine: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 1.7 billion TIV, or 4 times that in Italy.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2025, Italy ranked 18 and Ukraine ranked 3 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
| Year | Italy | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 566 million | 2.26 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 494 million | 5.34 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 425 million | 4.29 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 237 million | 2.97 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 211 million | 44 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 201 million | 18 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 178 million | 31 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 275 million | 67 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 709 million | 4 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 734 million | 5 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 237 million | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 127 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 71 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 189 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 286 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 98 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 94 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 159 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 467 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 136 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 490 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 617 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 240 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 234 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 278 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 25 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 56 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 474 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 265 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 322 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 180 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 205 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 192 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 210 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 155 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 196 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 179 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 183 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 198 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 205 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 273 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 303 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 241 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 129 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 468 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 591 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 682 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 517 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 711 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.02 billion | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.12 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.02 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1.77 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.1 billion | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 685 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 611 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 196 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 107 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 412 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 736 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.14 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.22 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 886 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 427 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 409 million | – | 15.7 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.
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 exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025