Poland vs Romania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.75 billion TIV, or 5.15 times that in Romania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Romania.
In 2025, Poland ranked 4 and Romania ranked 26 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	Poland	Romania	World
2025	2.17 billion	421 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	320 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	364 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	186 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	168 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	13 million	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	36 million	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	88 million	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	177 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	22 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	0	27 billion
2013	146 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	80 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	107 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	101 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	64 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	431 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	283 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	17 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	24 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	142 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	170 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	39 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	29 million	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	14 million	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	187 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	65 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	599 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	296 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	237 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	214 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	455 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	330 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	243 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	284 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	444 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	470 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	516 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	612 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	329 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	348 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	294 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	637 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	673 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	538 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	497 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	471 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	561 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	399 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	591 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	442 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	401 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	520 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	421 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	230 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	179 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	889 million	116 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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