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
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 8 million 2025 | — | 86 of 110 |
| Serbia | 146 million 2025 | — | 39 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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
| Year | Kosovo | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 million | 146 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 155 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 14 million | 370 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 164 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 9 million | 117 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 3 million | 147 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 84 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 4 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 65 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 23 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 16 million | 25.8 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 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 1 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 7 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 14 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 8 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 2 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 2 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 4 million | 24.3 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.
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