Romania vs Türkiye
Romania vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 132 million TIV in Romania and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 407 million TIV, or 4.08 times that in Romania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Romania.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Romania | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 million | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 123 million | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1 million | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 216 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1 million | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 2 million | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 8 million | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 24 million | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 3 million | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 19 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 2 million | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 13 million | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 11 million | 3 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 | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 54 million | 23 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 Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRomania: $8.81B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025