France vs Italy: Arms exports

France
2.27 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Italy
1.38 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
France rank
2nd
Italy rank
4th

Arms exports over time

  • France
  • Italy
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How they compare

France currently reports 2.27 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.38 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in Italy, a difference of 893.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes France's figure about 1.6 times Italy's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Globally, France ranks 2nd and Italy ranks 4th of 70 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,345 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (exports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.