Poland vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.56 billion TIV, or 3.56 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook United Kingdom.
In 2025, Poland ranked 4 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	2.17 billion	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	262 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	251 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	889 million	26 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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