Portugal vs Spain
Portugal vs Spain: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Portugal and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 340 million TIV, or 340 times that in Portugal.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Portugal | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 million | 341 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 37 million | 606 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 8 million | 912 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2 million | 1.01 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 11 million | 676 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 46 million | 1.01 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 3 million | 318 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 3 million | 705 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 56 million | 820 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 172 million | 481 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 7 million | 982 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 18 million | 962 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 450 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | 266 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | 997 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 273 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 46 million | 984 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 99 million | 626 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 628 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 898 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 113 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 54 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 99 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 18 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 8 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 174 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 605 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 112 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 88 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 253 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 2 million | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 70 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 103 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 116 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 71 million | 167 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 136 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | 152 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1 million | 197 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 92 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 244 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1 million | 367 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 263 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 135 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 2 million | 10 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 4 million | 18 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 4 million | 38 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 25 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 21 million | 46 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 93 million | 272 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 11 million | 82 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 6 million | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 18 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 3 million | 140 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 70 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 10 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 12 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 2 million | 12 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 26 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 33 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 12 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 10 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 10 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 8 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2 million | 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
Portugal vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyPortugal: 82.4 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPortugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPortugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPortugal: 95.2% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionPortugal: 4.42% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide ratePortugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPortugal: 10.4 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthPortugal: -0% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePortugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPortugal: 61.5% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median agePortugal: 46.2 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPortugal: 24.1% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePortugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPortugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPortugal: $5.51B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personPortugal: $563 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPortugal: 4% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPortugal: 52,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerPortugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPortugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPortugal: 90 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025