Romania vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 421 million TIV in Romania and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 403 million TIV, or 1.96 times that in Romania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Romania.
In 2025, Romania ranked 26 and Netherlands ranked 12 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Romania	Netherlands	World
2025	421 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	320 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	364 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	186 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	168 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	13 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	36 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	88 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	177 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	22 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	0	8 million	27 billion
2013	20 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	80 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	107 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	101 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	64 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	431 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	283 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	17 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	24 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	21 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	142 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	170 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	39 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	29 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	14 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	187 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	65 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	599 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	296 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	237 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	214 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	455 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	330 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	243 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	284 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	444 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	470 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	516 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	612 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	329 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	348 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	294 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	637 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	673 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	538 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	497 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	471 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	561 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	399 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	591 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	442 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	401 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	520 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	421 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	230 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	179 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	255 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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