Montenegro vs Serbia
Montenegro vs Serbia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Montenegro and 146 million TIV in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by 145 million TIV, or 150 times that in Montenegro.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Serbia has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Montenegro.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Montenegro | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 million | 146 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | 155 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 370 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2 million | 164 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1 million | 117 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 5 million | 147 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 84 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 15 million | 4 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 65 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 0 | 23 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 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.
- 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
Montenegro vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyMontenegro: 77.1 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMontenegro: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMontenegro: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMontenegro: 85.1% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionMontenegro: 2.56% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateMontenegro: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMontenegro: 633,600 people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthMontenegro: 1.86% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMontenegro: 1.8 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMontenegro: 65.6% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageMontenegro: 39.3 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMontenegro: 17.5% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMontenegro: 18.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMontenegro: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMontenegro: $163M in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personMontenegro: $277 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMontenegro: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMontenegro: 12,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerMontenegro: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMontenegro: 4.66% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsMontenegro: 4 million TIV in 2022Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025