Spain vs Ukraine
Spain vs Ukraine: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 341 million TIV in Spain and 120 million TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 221 million TIV, or 2.84 times that in Ukraine.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Ukraine.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 341 million | 120 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 606 million | 29 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 912 million | 29 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.01 billion | 102 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 676 million | 201 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 1.01 billion | 114 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 318 million | 162 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 705 million | 310 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 820 million | 377 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 481 million | 463 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 982 million | 303 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 962 million | 632 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 450 million | 688 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 266 million | 1.5 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 997 million | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 273 million | 519 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 984 million | 444 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 626 million | 397 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 628 million | 640 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 898 million | 533 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 113 million | 299 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 54 million | 196 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 99 million | 313 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 18 million | 327 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 8 million | 555 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | 1.42 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 46 million | 1.11 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 174 million | 709 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 605 million | 573 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 112 million | 223 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 88 million | 169 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 253 million | 240 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 103 million | 84 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 70 million | 165 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 103 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 116 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 167 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 136 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 152 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 197 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 92 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 244 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 367 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 263 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 135 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 10 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 18 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 38 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 25 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 46 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 272 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 82 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 18 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 140 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 70 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 10 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 12 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 12 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 26 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 33 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 12 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 10 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 10 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 8 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 2 million | – | 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
Spain vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025