Moldova vs Romania

Moldova vs Romania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Moldova and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 416 million TIV, or 84 times that in Moldova.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Moldova vs Romania: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 5 million TIV in Moldova and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 416 million TIV, or 84 times that in Moldova.
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What the numbers say

  • Romania has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Moldova.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearMoldovaRomaniaWorld
20255 million421 million33.3 billion
20244 million320 million30.6 billion
202313 million364 million29.5 billion
2022–186 million33 billion
2021–105 million26.8 billion
2020–168 million23.4 billion
2019–13 million26.9 billion
2018–36 million27.3 billion
2017–88 million31.2 billion
2016–177 million31.4 billion
2015–22 million28.7 billion
2014–027 billion
2013–20 million27.4 billion
2012–21 million27.9 billion
2011–80 million29.9 billion
2010–107 million25.8 billion
2009–59 million24 billion
2008–80 million24.1 billion
2007–101 million26.5 billion
2006–64 million24.4 billion
2005–431 million21.3 billion
2004–283 million21.3 billion
2003–17 million19.2 billion
2002–21 million17.7 billion
2001–24 million18.3 billion
2000–21 million20.5 billion
1999–142 million25.3 billion
1998–170 million27.9 billion
1997–61 million28.9 billion
1996–39 million23.7 billion
199511 million2 million22.9 billion
19943 million29 million22.8 billion
1993–14 million25.8 billion
19928 million187 million24.3 billion
1991–65 million27.8 billion
1990–599 million28.6 billion
1989–296 million31.7 billion
1988–237 million32.9 billion
1987–214 million36.2 billion
1986–455 million35.5 billion
1985–330 million33.2 billion
1984–243 million36.8 billion
1983–284 million39.1 billion
1982–444 million41.4 billion
1981–470 million42 billion
1980–516 million37.4 billion
1979–612 million33.3 billion
1978–329 million39.2 billion
1977–348 million37 billion
1976–294 million33 billion
1975–637 million34.2 billion
1974–673 million32.9 billion
1973–538 million32.6 billion
1972–497 million28.7 billion
1971–471 million29.3 billion
1970–561 million22.1 billion
1969–399 million24.7 billion
1968–591 million22.4 billion
1967–442 million22.1 billion
1966–401 million22.4 billion
1965–520 million23.1 billion
1964–421 million24.2 billion
1963–230 million18.1 billion
1962–179 million15.5 billion
1961–30 million15 billion
1960–116 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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