Romania vs Ukraine

Romania vs Ukraine: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 132 million TIV in Romania and 120 million TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 12 million TIV, or 1.1 times that in Ukraine.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Romania vs Ukraine: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 132 million TIV in Romania and 120 million TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 12 million TIV, or 1.1 times that in Ukraine.
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What the numbers say

  • Romania has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ukraine.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearRomaniaUkraineWorld
2025132 million120 million33.5 billion
2024123 million29 million30.7 billion
20231 million29 million29.5 billion
20221 million102 million33.3 billion
2021–201 million27.1 billion
2020–114 million24.1 billion
2019–162 million27 billion
2018–310 million27.4 billion
2017–377 million31.3 billion
2016–463 million31.5 billion
2015–303 million28.7 billion
2014–632 million27.1 billion
2013216 million688 million27.4 billion
2012–1.5 billion27.9 billion
20110569 million29.9 billion
20101 million519 million25.8 billion
20092 million444 million24.4 billion
2008–397 million24.1 billion
200732 million640 million26.5 billion
20068 million533 million24.5 billion
20053 million299 million21.4 billion
2004–196 million21.3 billion
200324 million313 million19.2 billion
2002–327 million17.7 billion
2001–555 million18.5 billion
20003 million1.42 billion20.5 billion
199919 million1.11 billion25.4 billion
19982 million709 million27.9 billion
199713 million573 million28.9 billion
19965 million223 million23.7 billion
199511 million169 million22.9 billion
199429 million240 million23 billion
199316 million84 million25.8 billion
199215 million165 million24.3 billion
19916 million–28.2 billion
19907 million–30.2 billion
198925 million–34.9 billion
198852 million–36.8 billion
198737 million–39.4 billion
198629 million–39 billion
198599 million–38.2 billion
1984174 million–41.6 billion
1983102 million–43.9 billion
198291 million–46.2 billion
198136 million–45.8 billion
198054 million–42.2 billion
197944 million–38.4 billion
197832 million–42.4 billion
19774 million–40 billion
1976––36 billion
1975––37.2 billion
19741 million–36.6 billion
197310 million–36.3 billion
197210 million–34.5 billion
19716 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.

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