Türkiye vs Ukraine
Türkiye vs Ukraine: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 381 million TIV in Türkiye and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 1.88 billion TIV, or 5.94 times that in Türkiye.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Türkiye.
- In 2025, Türkiye ranked 30 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 | Türkiye | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 381 million | 2.26 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 381 million | 5.34 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 679 million | 4.29 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 187 million | 2.97 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 249 million | 44 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 110 million | 18 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 742 million | 31 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 476 million | 67 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 427 million | 4 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 324 million | 5 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 446 million | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.53 billion | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 769 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.48 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 794 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 469 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 714 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 623 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 675 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 524 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.08 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 252 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 327 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 878 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 501 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 1.18 billion | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.73 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 2.62 billion | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 1.51 billion | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.49 billion | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.56 billion | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.89 billion | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 2.33 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.87 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.29 billion | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 1.24 billion | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.03 billion | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 1.63 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.43 billion | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 472 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 678 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 549 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 503 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 478 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 726 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 486 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 917 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 984 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 293 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 358 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 640 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.28 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 790 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1.09 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 941 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 396 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 628 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 418 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 593 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 525 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 603 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 839 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 586 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 266 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 322 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 581 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
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 exportsTürkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025