Poland vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.99 billion TIV, or 12 times that in Vietnam.

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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 Vietnam.
In 2025, Poland ranked 4 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	2.17 billion	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	146 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	42 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	42 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	889 million	103 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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