Poland vs United Arab Emirates
Poland vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 59 million TIV in Poland and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 26 million TIV, or 1.79 times that in United Arab Emirates.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Poland | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 million | 33 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 145 million | 119 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 576 million | 64 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 707 million | 17 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3 million | 57 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 0 | 209 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 131 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 11 million | 120 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | 106 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 111 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2 million | 143 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 33 million | 100 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 147 million | 115 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 31 million | 75 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8 million | 3 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 28 million | 39 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 75 million | 34 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 73 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 163 million | 3 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 282 million | 17 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 15 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 83 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 56 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 81 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 65 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 23 million | 37 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 57 million | 6 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 179 million | 28 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 133 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 57 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 62 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 112 million | 2 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 20 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 232 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 222 million | 2 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 265 million | 22 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 131 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 91 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 134 million | 14 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 230 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 365 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 226 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 247 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 336 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 400 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 425 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 316 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 249 million | 8 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 158 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 276 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 278 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 268 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 323 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 288 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 309 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 319 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 234 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 237 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 111 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 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 United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personPoland: $18,710 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthPoland: 3.7% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationPoland: 3.6% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtPoland: 59.7% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025