Philippines vs Spain
Philippines vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 846 million TIV in Philippines and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 609 million TIV, or 3.57 times that in Spain.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Philippines has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Spain.
- In 2025, Philippines ranked 10 and Spain ranked 33 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Philippines | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 846 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 305 million | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 108 million | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 280 million | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 365 million | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 385 million | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 191 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 17 million | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 278 million | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 228 million | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 153 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 12 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 83 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 21 million | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 63 million | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 3 million | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1 million | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 10 million | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 16 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 23 million | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 12 million | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 34 million | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 10 million | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 5 million | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 10 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 64 million | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 72 million | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 43 million | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 30 million | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 72 million | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 62 million | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 43 million | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 34 million | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 33 million | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 19 million | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 12 million | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 26 million | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 23 million | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 38 million | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 116 million | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 17 million | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 39 million | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 75 million | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 92 million | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 143 million | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 198 million | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 256 million | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 133 million | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 60 million | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 106 million | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 50 million | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 90 million | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 9 million | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 26 million | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 16 million | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 43 million | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 86 million | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 99 million | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 2 million | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 4 million | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 11 million | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 44 million | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 50 million | 214 million | 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
Philippines vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyPhilippines: 69.8 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPhilippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPhilippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPhilippines: 47.9% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionPhilippines: 2.77% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide ratePhilippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPhilippines: 115 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthPhilippines: 0.84% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePhilippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPhilippines: 55.8% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median agePhilippines: 25.3 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPhilippines: 5.3% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePhilippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPhilippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPhilippines: $6.3B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personPhilippines: $55 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPhilippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPhilippines: 157,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerPhilippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPhilippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsPhilippines: 4 million TIV in 2007Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025