Poland vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.93 billion TIV, or 9.15 times that in Spain.

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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 Spain.
In 2025, Poland ranked 4 and Spain ranked 33 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	Spain	World
2025	2.17 billion	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	312 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	831 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	889 million	214 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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