Spain vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 237 million TIV in Spain and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 372 million TIV, or 2.57 times that in Spain.

Watch it change on the map

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

SpainUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Spain.
In 2025, Spain ranked 33 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	Spain	United Kingdom	World
2025	237 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	159 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	159 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	198 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	134 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	149 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	82 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	104 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	109 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	219 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	166 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	272 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	228 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	347 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	343 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	312 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	358 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	288 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	239 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	266 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	140 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	315 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	357 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	82 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	192 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	395 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	355 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	838 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	299 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	207 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	109 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	691 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	835 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.95 billion	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	327 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	81 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	614 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	512 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	636 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	689 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	650 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	432 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	312 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	831 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	1.16 billion	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	557 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	895 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	793 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	637 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	234 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	181 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	133 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	303 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	307 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	382 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	51 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	15 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	55 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	103 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	214 million	26 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 United Kingdom: Arms imports

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Spain vs United Kingdom

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment