North Macedonia vs Serbia
North Macedonia vs Serbia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in North Macedonia and 146 million TIV in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Serbia, by 137 million TIV, or 16 times that in North Macedonia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Serbia has been higher since 2016.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | North Macedonia | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 million | 146 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1 million | 155 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 5 million | 370 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 164 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 117 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 147 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 84 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 4 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 65 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 0 | 23 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 6 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 118 million | 27 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 17 million | 1 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 81 million | 1 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 11 million | 7 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 14 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 0 | 8 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 29 million | 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
North Macedonia vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyNorth Macedonia: 77.4 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNorth Macedonia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNorth Macedonia: 4.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNorth Macedonia: 80.5% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionNorth Macedonia: 2.33% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateNorth Macedonia: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNorth Macedonia: 1.83 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthNorth Macedonia: -0.47% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNorth Macedonia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNorth Macedonia: 62.9% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageNorth Macedonia: 40.3 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNorth Macedonia: 17.5% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateNorth Macedonia: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNorth Macedonia: 1.97% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNorth Macedonia: $346M in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personNorth Macedonia: $206 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNorth Macedonia: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNorth Macedonia: 16,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerNorth Macedonia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNorth Macedonia: 2% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsNorth Macedonia: 59 million TIV in 2023Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025