Spain vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 341 million TIV in Spain and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 361 million TIV, or 2.06 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Spain.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Spain	United Kingdom	World
2025	341 million	702 million	33.5 billion
2024	606 million	884 million	30.7 billion
2023	912 million	1.32 billion	29.5 billion
2022	1.01 billion	1.74 billion	33.3 billion
2021	676 million	639 million	27.1 billion
2020	1.01 billion	652 million	24.1 billion
2019	318 million	886 million	27 billion
2018	705 million	682 million	27.4 billion
2017	820 million	1.1 billion	31.3 billion
2016	481 million	1.34 billion	31.5 billion
2015	982 million	1.18 billion	28.7 billion
2014	962 million	1.66 billion	27.1 billion
2013	450 million	1.51 billion	27.4 billion
2012	266 million	813 million	27.9 billion
2011	997 million	1 billion	29.9 billion
2010	273 million	1.15 billion	25.8 billion
2009	984 million	1.07 billion	24.4 billion
2008	626 million	931 million	24.1 billion
2007	628 million	924 million	26.5 billion
2006	898 million	957 million	24.5 billion
2005	113 million	990 million	21.4 billion
2004	54 million	1.23 billion	21.3 billion
2003	99 million	769 million	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	1.08 billion	17.7 billion
2001	8 million	1.35 billion	18.5 billion
2000	47 million	1.62 billion	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	1.32 billion	25.4 billion
1998	174 million	1.4 billion	27.9 billion
1997	605 million	2.36 billion	28.9 billion
1996	112 million	1.62 billion	23.7 billion
1995	88 million	1.46 billion	22.9 billion
1994	253 million	1.53 billion	23 billion
1993	103 million	1.38 billion	25.8 billion
1992	70 million	1.09 billion	24.3 billion
1991	103 million	1.53 billion	28.2 billion
1990	116 million	1.84 billion	30.2 billion
1989	167 million	3.5 billion	34.9 billion
1988	136 million	2.53 billion	36.8 billion
1987	152 million	3.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	197 million	1.99 billion	39 billion
1985	92 million	2.14 billion	38.2 billion
1984	244 million	2.53 billion	41.6 billion
1983	367 million	2.54 billion	43.9 billion
1982	263 million	2.52 billion	46.2 billion
1981	135 million	2.36 billion	45.8 billion
1980	10 million	1.57 billion	42.2 billion
1979	18 million	1.54 billion	38.4 billion
1978	38 million	2.21 billion	42.4 billion
1977	25 million	2.2 billion	40 billion
1976	46 million	2.52 billion	36 billion
1975	272 million	2.23 billion	37.2 billion
1974	82 million	2.25 billion	36.6 billion
1973	18 million	2.79 billion	36.3 billion
1972	18 million	2.68 billion	34.5 billion
1971	140 million	2.35 billion	32.9 billion
1970	70 million	982 million	25.3 billion
1969	10 million	1.62 billion	28.1 billion
1968	12 million	1.68 billion	26.1 billion
1967	12 million	1.88 billion	25.6 billion
1966	26 million	1.42 billion	25.8 billion
1965	33 million	1.5 billion	25.8 billion
1964	12 million	1.41 billion	26.7 billion
1963	10 million	1.24 billion	20.3 billion
1962	10 million	1.07 billion	17.5 billion
1961	8 million	1.4 billion	16.4 billion
1960	2 million	2.19 billion	17.6 billion

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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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