Portugal vs Romania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 90 million TIV in Portugal and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 331 million TIV, or 4.68 times that in Portugal.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Portugal.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Portugal	Romania	World
2025	90 million	421 million	33.3 billion
2024	61 million	320 million	30.6 billion
2023	67 million	364 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	186 million	33 billion
2021	6 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	45 million	168 million	23.4 billion
2019	44 million	13 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	36 million	27.3 billion
2017	8 million	88 million	31.2 billion
2016	21 million	177 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	22 million	28.7 billion
2014	3 million	0	27 billion
2013	11 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	42 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	170 million	80 million	29.9 billion
2010	891 million	107 million	25.8 billion
2009	371 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	145 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	60 million	101 million	26.5 billion
2006	220 million	64 million	24.4 billion
2005	158 million	431 million	21.3 billion
2004	70 million	283 million	21.3 billion
2003	29 million	17 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	24 million	18.3 billion
2000	2 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	3 million	142 million	25.3 billion
1998	16 million	170 million	27.9 billion
1997	2 million	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	39 million	23.7 billion
1995	20 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	453 million	29 million	22.8 billion
1993	350 million	14 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	187 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.01 billion	65 million	27.8 billion
1990	74 million	599 million	28.6 billion
1989	149 million	296 million	31.7 billion
1988	90 million	237 million	32.9 billion
1987	9 million	214 million	36.2 billion
1986	3 million	455 million	35.5 billion
1985	154 million	330 million	33.2 billion
1984	109 million	243 million	36.8 billion
1983	12 million	284 million	39.1 billion
1982	192 million	444 million	41.4 billion
1981	57 million	470 million	42 billion
1980	36 million	516 million	37.4 billion
1979	7 million	612 million	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	329 million	39.2 billion
1977	94 million	348 million	37 billion
1976	64 million	294 million	33 billion
1975	327 million	637 million	34.2 billion
1974	118 million	673 million	32.9 billion
1973	17 million	538 million	32.6 billion
1972	17 million	497 million	28.7 billion
1971	267 million	471 million	29.3 billion
1970	371 million	561 million	22.1 billion
1969	339 million	399 million	24.7 billion
1968	371 million	591 million	22.4 billion
1967	286 million	442 million	22.1 billion
1966	244 million	401 million	22.4 billion
1965	39 million	520 million	23.1 billion
1964	46 million	421 million	24.2 billion
1963	41 million	230 million	18.1 billion
1962	28 million	179 million	15.5 billion
1961	157 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	35 million	116 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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