Poland vs Spain
Poland vs Spain: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 59 million TIV in Poland and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 282 million TIV, or 5.78 times that in Poland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Poland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Poland | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 million | 341 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 145 million | 606 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 576 million | 912 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 707 million | 1.01 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3 million | 676 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 0 | 1.01 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 318 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 11 million | 705 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | 820 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 481 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2 million | 982 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 33 million | 962 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 147 million | 450 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 31 million | 266 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8 million | 997 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 28 million | 273 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 75 million | 984 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 73 million | 626 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 163 million | 628 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 282 million | 898 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 113 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 54 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 83 million | 99 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 56 million | 18 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 81 million | 8 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 65 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | 174 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 23 million | 605 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 57 million | 112 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 179 million | 88 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 133 million | 253 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 57 million | 70 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 62 million | 103 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 112 million | 116 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 20 million | 167 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 232 million | 136 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 222 million | 152 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 265 million | 197 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 131 million | 92 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 91 million | 244 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 134 million | 367 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 230 million | 263 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 365 million | 135 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 226 million | 10 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 247 million | 18 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 336 million | 38 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 400 million | 25 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 425 million | 46 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 316 million | 272 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 249 million | 82 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 158 million | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 276 million | 18 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 278 million | 140 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 268 million | 70 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 323 million | 10 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 288 million | 12 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 309 million | 12 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 319 million | 26 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 234 million | 33 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 237 million | 12 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 111 million | 10 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | 10 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 8 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | 2 million | 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPoland: 88.9% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025