Bulgaria

Arms imports in Bulgaria

Arms imports in Bulgaria: 482 million TIV in 1960 and 540 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
540 million TIV
Since 1960
+58 million TIV
Rank, 2025
19 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in BulgariaArms imports in Bulgaria: 482 million TIV in 1960 and 540 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 984 million TIV in 1981, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1993.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 984 million TIV in 1981, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1993.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBulgariaWorld
2025540 million33.3 billion
2024–30.6 billion
2023–29.5 billion
20223 million33 billion
20211 million26.8 billion
202044 million23.4 billion
20192 million26.9 billion
2018–27.3 billion
2017–31.2 billion
2016–31.4 billion
20154 million28.7 billion
2014–27 billion
2013–27.4 billion
20125 million27.9 billion
201129 million29.9 billion
20108 million25.8 billion
2009119 million24 billion
2008117 million24.1 billion
200748 million26.5 billion
200622 million24.4 billion
2005132 million21.3 billion
200413 million21.3 billion
20032 million19.2 billion
2002–17.7 billion
2001–18.3 billion
2000–20.5 billion
19997 million25.3 billion
1998–27.9 billion
1997–28.9 billion
1996122 million23.7 billion
19951 million22.9 billion
19941 million22.8 billion
19931 million25.8 billion
199242 million24.3 billion
1991339 million27.8 billion
1990755 million28.6 billion
1989314 million31.7 billion
1988253 million32.9 billion
1987449 million36.2 billion
1986932 million35.5 billion
1985619 million33.2 billion
1984945 million36.8 billion
1983754 million39.1 billion
1982610 million41.4 billion
1981984 million42 billion
1980580 million37.4 billion
1979323 million33.3 billion
1978876 million39.2 billion
1977492 million37 billion
1976368 million33 billion
1975390 million34.2 billion
1974302 million32.9 billion
1973274 million32.6 billion
1972460 million28.7 billion
1971407 million29.3 billion
1970771 million22.1 billion
1969533 million24.7 billion
1968256 million22.4 billion
1967329 million22.1 billion
1966218 million22.4 billion
1965372 million23.1 billion
1964326 million24.2 billion
1963553 million18.1 billion
1962493 million15.5 billion
1961522 million15 billion
1960482 million15.7 billion

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.

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