Portugal vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 90 million TIV in Portugal and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 519 million TIV, or 6.77 times that in Portugal.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Portugal.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Portugal	United Kingdom	World
2025	90 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	61 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	67 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	859 million	33 billion
2021	6 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	45 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	44 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	8 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	21 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	3 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	11 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	42 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	170 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	891 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	371 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	145 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	60 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	220 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	158 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	70 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	29 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	2 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	3 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	16 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	2 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	20 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	453 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	350 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.01 billion	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	74 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	149 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	90 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	9 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	3 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	154 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	109 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	12 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	192 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	57 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	36 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	7 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	94 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	64 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	327 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	118 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	17 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	17 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	267 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	371 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	339 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	371 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	286 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	244 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	39 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	46 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	41 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	28 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	157 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	35 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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