Poland vs United States: Arms imports

Poland
1.45 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
United States
1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Poland rank
2nd
United States rank
3rd

Arms imports over time

  • Poland
  • United States
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 1.45 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in United States, a difference of 239.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Poland ahead.

Globally, Poland ranks 2nd and United States ranks 3rd of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (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
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (imports) 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.