Türkiye vs United Kingdom
Türkiye vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 539 million TIV in Türkiye and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 163 million TIV, or 1.3 times that in Türkiye.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Türkiye | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 539 million | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 411 million | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 698 million | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 628 million | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 526 million | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 275 million | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 286 million | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 257 million | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 184 million | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 258 million | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 244 million | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 166 million | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 146 million | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 149 million | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 95 million | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 79 million | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 78 million | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 123 million | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 88 million | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 68 million | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 30 million | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 45 million | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 28 million | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5 million | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 21 million | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 46 million | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 3 million | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 3 million | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 11 million | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 23 million | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.19 billion | 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 United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyTürkiye: 77.2 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTürkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTürkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTürkiye: 3.72% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateTürkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTürkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTürkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTürkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTürkiye: 89.5% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageTürkiye: 32.5 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTürkiye: 10% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateTürkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTürkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTürkiye: $26.8B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personTürkiye: $342 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTürkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTürkiye: 512,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerTürkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTürkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTürkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025