Spain vs Ukraine
Spain vs Ukraine: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 237 million TIV in Spain and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 2.03 billion TIV, or 9.55 times that in Spain.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Spain.
- In 2025, Spain ranked 33 and Ukraine ranked 3 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 | Spain | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 237 million | 2.26 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 159 million | 5.34 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 159 million | 4.29 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 198 million | 2.97 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 134 million | 44 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 70 million | 18 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 35 million | 31 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 149 million | 67 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 82 million | 4 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 104 million | 5 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 152 million | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 109 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 155 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 219 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 166 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 272 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 228 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 347 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 343 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 312 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 358 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 288 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 239 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 266 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 140 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 315 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 357 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 82 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 192 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 395 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 355 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 838 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 299 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 207 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 109 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 691 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 835 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 1.95 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.08 billion | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 327 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 81 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 614 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 512 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 636 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 689 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 650 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 432 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 312 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 831 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.16 billion | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 557 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 895 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 793 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 637 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 234 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 181 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 133 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 303 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 307 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 382 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 51 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 15 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 55 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 103 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 214 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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 exportsSpain: 341 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025