Italy vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1.92 billion TIV in Italy and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.22 billion TIV, or 2.74 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Italy has been higher since 2023, when it overtook United Kingdom.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Italy	United Kingdom	World
2025	1.92 billion	702 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.21 billion	884 million	30.7 billion
2023	1.37 billion	1.32 billion	29.5 billion
2022	1.71 billion	1.74 billion	33.3 billion
2021	1.63 billion	639 million	27.1 billion
2020	821 million	652 million	24.1 billion
2019	372 million	886 million	27 billion
2018	535 million	682 million	27.4 billion
2017	703 million	1.1 billion	31.3 billion
2016	616 million	1.34 billion	31.5 billion
2015	671 million	1.18 billion	28.7 billion
2014	688 million	1.66 billion	27.1 billion
2013	884 million	1.51 billion	27.4 billion
2012	789 million	813 million	27.9 billion
2011	964 million	1 billion	29.9 billion
2010	577 million	1.15 billion	25.8 billion
2009	512 million	1.07 billion	24.4 billion
2008	433 million	931 million	24.1 billion
2007	700 million	924 million	26.5 billion
2006	538 million	957 million	24.5 billion
2005	832 million	990 million	21.4 billion
2004	261 million	1.23 billion	21.3 billion
2003	359 million	769 million	19.2 billion
2002	474 million	1.08 billion	17.7 billion
2001	267 million	1.35 billion	18.5 billion
2000	205 million	1.62 billion	20.5 billion
1999	516 million	1.32 billion	25.4 billion
1998	423 million	1.4 billion	27.9 billion
1997	447 million	2.36 billion	28.9 billion
1996	287 million	1.62 billion	23.7 billion
1995	301 million	1.46 billion	22.9 billion
1994	208 million	1.53 billion	23 billion
1993	342 million	1.38 billion	25.8 billion
1992	249 million	1.09 billion	24.3 billion
1991	354 million	1.53 billion	28.2 billion
1990	200 million	1.84 billion	30.2 billion
1989	316 million	3.5 billion	34.9 billion
1988	389 million	2.53 billion	36.8 billion
1987	626 million	3.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	223 million	1.99 billion	39 billion
1985	868 million	2.14 billion	38.2 billion
1984	1.23 billion	2.53 billion	41.6 billion
1983	1.11 billion	2.54 billion	43.9 billion
1982	1.67 billion	2.52 billion	46.2 billion
1981	1.7 billion	2.36 billion	45.8 billion
1980	1.16 billion	1.57 billion	42.2 billion
1979	1.31 billion	1.54 billion	38.4 billion
1978	665 million	2.21 billion	42.4 billion
1977	505 million	2.2 billion	40 billion
1976	523 million	2.52 billion	36 billion
1975	520 million	2.23 billion	37.2 billion
1974	409 million	2.25 billion	36.6 billion
1973	328 million	2.79 billion	36.3 billion
1972	284 million	2.68 billion	34.5 billion
1971	383 million	2.35 billion	32.9 billion
1970	280 million	982 million	25.3 billion
1969	325 million	1.62 billion	28.1 billion
1968	197 million	1.68 billion	26.1 billion
1967	144 million	1.88 billion	25.6 billion
1966	243 million	1.42 billion	25.8 billion
1965	296 million	1.5 billion	25.8 billion
1964	385 million	1.41 billion	26.7 billion
1963	241 million	1.24 billion	20.3 billion
1962	262 million	1.07 billion	17.5 billion
1961	246 million	1.4 billion	16.4 billion
1960	105 million	2.19 billion	17.6 billion

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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.

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