Kosovo vs Serbia

Kosovo vs Serbia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 8 million TIV in Kosovo and 146 million TIV in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by 138 million TIV, or 18 times that in Kosovo.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Kosovo vs Serbia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 8 million TIV in Kosovo and 146 million TIV in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by 138 million TIV, or 18 times that in Kosovo.
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What the numbers say

  • Serbia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2018.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearKosovoSerbiaWorld
20258 million146 million33.3 billion
2024–155 million30.6 billion
202314 million370 million29.5 billion
20221 million164 million33 billion
20219 million117 million26.8 billion
20203 million147 million23.4 billion
2019–84 million26.9 billion
20181 million4 million27.3 billion
2017–65 million31.2 billion
2016–23 million31.4 billion
2015––28.7 billion
20141 million–27 billion
2013––27.4 billion
2012–027.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
2010–16 million25.8 billion
2009––24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001–27 million18.3 billion
2000–1 million20.5 billion
1999–1 million25.3 billion
1998–7 million27.9 billion
1997–14 million28.9 billion
1996–1 million23.7 billion
1995–8 million22.9 billion
1994–2 million22.8 billion
1993–2 million25.8 billion
1992–4 million24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
1985––33.2 billion
1984––36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982––41.4 billion
1981––42 billion
1980––37.4 billion
1979––33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
1977––37 billion
1976––33 billion
1975––34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
1972––28.7 billion
1971––29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
1966––22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
1964––24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––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.

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