Poland vs Slovakia
Poland vs Slovakia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 445 million TIV in Slovakia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.72 billion TIV, or 4.87 times that in Slovakia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Slovakia.
- In 2025, Poland ranked 4 and Slovakia ranked 24 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 | Slovakia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.17 billion | 445 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.54 billion | 181 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.39 billion | 30 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 414 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 68 million | 1 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 153 million | 25 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 213 million | 15 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 50 million | 34 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 126 million | 47 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 45 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 127 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 275 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 146 million | 5 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 227 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 141 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 174 million | 9 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 193 million | 10 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 633 million | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 969 million | 0 | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 442 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 105 million | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 223 million | 1 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 347 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 253 million | 29 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 31 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 146 million | 1 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 23 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 101 million | 29 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 250 million | 208 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 74 million | 29 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 4 million | 146 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 100 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 76 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 226 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 501 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 903 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.04 billion | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.39 billion | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 925 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 466 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 536 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 709 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 804 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.12 billion | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1.19 billion | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.19 billion | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.02 billion | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.1 billion | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 887 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.06 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.11 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 958 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.01 billion | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 859 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 992 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 927 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 781 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1 billion | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1.16 billion | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.57 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.02 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 685 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 864 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 889 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
Poland vs Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Slovakia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPoland: 88.9% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Slovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsPoland: 59 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025