Moldova vs Ukraine
Moldova vs Ukraine: Arms exports
Arms exports: 12 million TIV in Moldova in 2011 and 120 million TIV in Ukraine in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 557 million TIV, or 47 times that in Moldova.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- The world as a whole: 29.9 billion TIV in 2011.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Moldova | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 120 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 29 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 29 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 102 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 201 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 114 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 162 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 310 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 377 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 463 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 303 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 632 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 688 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 1.5 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 12 million | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 519 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 20 million | 444 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 29 million | 397 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 19 million | 640 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | 533 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 299 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 196 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 13 million | 313 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 60 million | 327 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 42 million | 555 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 5 million | 1.42 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.11 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 709 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 217 million | 573 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 223 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 169 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 36 million | 240 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 84 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 11 million | 165 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Moldova vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyMoldova: 71.2 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMoldova: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMoldova: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMoldova: 75.2% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionMoldova: 3.43% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateMoldova: 13.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMoldova: 3.07 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthMoldova: -0.89% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMoldova: 1.73 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMoldova: 43.7% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageMoldova: 37.8 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMoldova: 15.6% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMoldova: -6.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMoldova: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMoldova: $103M in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personMoldova: $38 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMoldova: 1.4% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMoldova: 6,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerMoldova: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMoldova: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMoldova: 5 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025