Romania vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 421 million TIV in Romania and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 188 million TIV, or 1.45 times that in Romania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Romania.
In 2025, Romania ranked 26 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	421 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	320 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	364 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	186 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	168 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	13 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	36 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	88 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	177 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	22 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	0	217 million	27 billion
2013	20 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	80 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	107 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	101 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	64 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	431 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	283 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	17 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	24 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	21 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	142 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	170 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	61 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	39 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	29 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	14 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	187 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	65 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	599 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	296 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	237 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	214 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	455 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	330 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	243 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	284 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	444 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	470 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	516 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	612 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	329 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	348 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	294 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	637 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	673 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	538 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	497 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	471 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	561 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	399 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	591 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	442 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	401 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	520 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	421 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	230 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	179 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	26 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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