Italy vs United Kingdom

Italy vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 43 million TIV, or 1.08 times that in Italy.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Italy vs United Kingdom: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 43 million TIV, or 1.08 times that in Italy.
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What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Italy.
  • In 2025, Italy ranked 18 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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

YearItalyUnited KingdomWorld
2025566 million609 million33.3 billion
2024494 million486 million30.6 billion
2023425 million469 million29.5 billion
2022237 million859 million33 billion
2021211 million886 million26.8 billion
2020201 million635 million23.4 billion
2019178 million402 million26.9 billion
2018275 million463 million27.3 billion
2017709 million1 billion31.2 billion
2016734 million288 million31.4 billion
2015237 million424 million28.7 billion
2014127 million217 million27 billion
201371 million509 million27.4 billion
2012189 million566 million27.9 billion
2011286 million347 million29.9 billion
201098 million461 million25.8 billion
200994 million381 million24 billion
2008159 million575 million24.1 billion
2007467 million817 million26.5 billion
2006384 million375 million24.4 billion
2005136 million31 million21.3 billion
2004490 million212 million21.3 billion
2003617 million770 million19.2 billion
2002240 million721 million17.7 billion
2001234 million1.29 billion18.3 billion
2000278 million937 million20.5 billion
199925 million132 million25.3 billion
199856 million770 million27.9 billion
1997474 million513 million28.9 billion
1996265 million568 million23.7 billion
1995322 million496 million22.9 billion
1994180 million421 million22.8 billion
1993205 million796 million25.8 billion
1992192 million1.15 billion24.3 billion
1991210 million953 million27.8 billion
1990155 million130 million28.6 billion
1989196 million209 million31.7 billion
1988179 million285 million32.9 billion
1987183 million207 million36.2 billion
1986198 million273 million35.5 billion
1985205 million355 million33.2 billion
1984273 million682 million36.8 billion
1983303 million292 million39.1 billion
1982241 million766 million41.4 billion
1981129 million812 million42 billion
1980468 million557 million37.4 billion
1979591 million232 million33.3 billion
1978682 million191 million39.2 billion
1977517 million262 million37 billion
1976711 million251 million33 billion
19751.02 billion337 million34.2 billion
19741.12 billion319 million32.9 billion
19731.02 billion239 million32.6 billion
19721.77 billion222 million28.7 billion
19711.1 billion176 million29.3 billion
1970685 million70 million22.1 billion
1969611 million2.7 billion24.7 billion
1968196 million2.35 billion22.4 billion
1967107 million1.44 billion22.1 billion
1966412 million242 million22.4 billion
1965736 million166 million23.1 billion
19641.14 billion133 million24.2 billion
19631.22 billion159 million18.1 billion
1962886 million38 million15.5 billion
1961427 million34 million15 billion
1960409 million26 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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