Romania vs Serbia
Romania vs Serbia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 132 million TIV in Romania and 39 million TIV in Serbia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 93 million TIV, or 3.38 times that in Serbia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Serbia.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Romania | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 million | 39 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 123 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 50 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 26 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 29 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 20 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 86 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 62 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 10 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 216 million | 10 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 15 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1 million | 31 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 2 million | 0 | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 45 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | 5 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 8 million | 5 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 24 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 20 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 3 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 19 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 2 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 13 million | 5 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | 20 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 11 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 29 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 16 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 6 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 7 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 25 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 52 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 37 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 29 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 99 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 174 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 102 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 91 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 36 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 54 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 44 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 32 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 4 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 10 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 10 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 6 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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
Romania vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRomania: $8.81B in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025