Portugal vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 90 million TIV in Portugal and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 147 million TIV, or 2.63 times that in Portugal.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain 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	Spain	World
2025	90 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	61 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	67 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	198 million	33 billion
2021	6 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	45 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	44 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	8 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	21 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	3 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	11 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	42 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	170 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	891 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	371 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	145 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	60 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	220 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	158 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	70 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	29 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	2 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	3 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	16 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	2 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	20 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	453 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	350 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.01 billion	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	74 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	149 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	90 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	9 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	3 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	154 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	109 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	12 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	192 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	57 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	36 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	7 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	94 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	64 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	327 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	118 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	17 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	17 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	267 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	371 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	339 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	371 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	286 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	244 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	39 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	46 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	41 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	28 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	157 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	35 million	214 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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