Poland vs Romania
Poland vs Romania: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 59 million TIV in Poland and 132 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 73 million TIV, or 2.24 times that in Poland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Poland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Poland | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 million | 132 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 145 million | 123 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 576 million | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 707 million | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 11 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 33 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 147 million | 216 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 31 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8 million | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 28 million | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 75 million | 2 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 73 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 163 million | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 282 million | 8 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 3 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 83 million | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 56 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 81 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 65 million | 19 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 23 million | 13 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 57 million | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 179 million | 11 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 133 million | 29 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 57 million | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 62 million | 6 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 112 million | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 20 million | 25 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 232 million | 52 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 222 million | 37 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 265 million | 29 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 131 million | 99 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 91 million | 174 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 134 million | 102 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 230 million | 91 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 365 million | 36 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 226 million | 54 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 247 million | 44 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 336 million | 32 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 400 million | 4 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 425 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 316 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 249 million | 1 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 158 million | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 276 million | 10 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 278 million | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 268 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 323 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 288 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 309 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 319 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 234 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 237 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 111 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 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
Poland vs Romania
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPoland: 88.9% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025