Türkiye vs Ukraine
Türkiye vs Ukraine: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 539 million TIV in Türkiye and 120 million TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 419 million TIV, or 4.49 times that in Ukraine.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Ukraine.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Türkiye | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 539 million | 120 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 411 million | 29 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 698 million | 29 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 628 million | 102 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 526 million | 201 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 275 million | 114 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 286 million | 162 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 257 million | 310 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 184 million | 377 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 258 million | 463 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 244 million | 303 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 166 million | 632 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 146 million | 688 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 149 million | 1.5 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 95 million | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 79 million | 519 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 78 million | 444 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 123 million | 397 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 88 million | 640 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 68 million | 533 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 299 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 30 million | 196 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 45 million | 313 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 28 million | 327 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5 million | 555 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 21 million | 1.42 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 46 million | 1.11 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 3 million | 709 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | 573 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | 223 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 3 million | 169 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 240 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 84 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 165 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 11 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 23 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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
Türkiye vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyTürkiye: 77.2 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTürkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTürkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTürkiye: 3.72% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateTürkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTürkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTürkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTürkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTürkiye: 89.5% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageTürkiye: 32.5 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTürkiye: 10% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateTürkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTürkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTürkiye: $26.8B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personTürkiye: $342 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTürkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTürkiye: 512,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerTürkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTürkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTürkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025