Philippines vs United Kingdom
Philippines vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Philippines in 2007 and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2007 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 920 million TIV, or 230 times that in Philippines.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1986.
- The world as a whole: 26.5 billion TIV in 2007.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Philippines | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 4 million | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1 million | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.19 billion | 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
Philippines vs United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyPhilippines: 69.8 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPhilippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPhilippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPhilippines: 47.9% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionPhilippines: 2.77% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide ratePhilippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPhilippines: 115 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthPhilippines: 0.84% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePhilippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPhilippines: 55.8% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median agePhilippines: 25.3 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPhilippines: 5.3% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration ratePhilippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personPhilippines: $4,066 in 2025United Kingdom: $48,420 in 2025
- GDP growthPhilippines: 4.4% a year in 2025United Kingdom: 1.2% a year in 2025
- InflationPhilippines: 1.7% a year in 2025United Kingdom: 3.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtPhilippines: 59.1% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 102.1% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPhilippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPhilippines: $6.3B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personPhilippines: $55 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPhilippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPhilippines: 157,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerPhilippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPhilippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPhilippines: 846 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025