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.
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Watch it change on the mapSIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 59 million 2025 | 2 million |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 million 2025 | 143 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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.
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