Poland vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.14 billion TIV, or 66 times that in Thailand.

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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 Thailand.
In 2025, Poland ranked 4 and Thailand ranked 60 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	Thailand	World
2025	2.17 billion	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	111 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	154 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	889 million	28 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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