Romania vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 421 million TIV in Romania and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 275 million TIV, or 2.88 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Romania	Sweden	World
2025	421 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	320 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	364 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	186 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	168 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	13 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	36 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	88 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	177 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	22 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	0	48 million	27 billion
2013	20 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	80 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	107 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	101 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	64 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	431 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	283 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	17 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	24 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	21 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	142 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	170 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	39 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	29 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	14 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	187 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	65 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	599 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	296 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	237 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	214 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	455 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	330 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	243 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	284 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	444 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	470 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	516 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	612 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	329 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	348 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	294 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	637 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	673 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	538 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	497 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	471 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	561 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	399 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	591 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	442 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	401 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	520 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	421 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	230 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	179 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	227 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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