Albania's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 23 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 228.57% from 7 million in 2015 (12.63% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 12 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 7 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 332 million | 1971 |
| Lowest | 1 million | 2017 |
| Average since 2017 | 10.25 million | 2017–2025 |
| First recorded | 69 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Albania's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) fell 39.5% on 2024 (from 38 million to 23 million).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1961 to 2024), the average change was +214.5% and a typical year strayed about 786.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3,700% in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 91.7% in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2017 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.21 million a year. A straight line explains 47% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Albania had the 70th highest value of the 105 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 23 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.33 billion | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 14.57 billion | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 7.32 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Albania in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
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.
Limitations: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 35 values
| Year | Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 23,000,000 |
| 2024 | 38,000,000 |
| 2023 | 1,000,000 |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2021 | 1,000,000 |
| 2020 | 12,000,000 |
| 2019 | 5,000,000 |
| 2018 | 1,000,000 |
| 2017 | 1,000,000 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 |
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
- Armenia — 21 million (2025)
- Austria — 29 million (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 463 million (2025)
- Belarus — 466 million (2025)
- Belgium — 430 million (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1 million (2025)
- Bulgaria — 540 million (2025)
- Croatia — 141 million (2025)
- Cyprus — 28 million (2025)
- Czechia — 19 million (2025)
More public sector data for Albania
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 54.11 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.03% (2025)
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 623.61 million (2025)
- Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) — 0.84 (2023)
- Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) — 1.94 (2023)
- Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) — 1.39 (2023)
- Armed forces personnel, total — 8,000 (2020)
- Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 0.65% (2020)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) — 18.14 billion (2024)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Albania's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 23 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 66.67% from 69 million in 1960 (1.68% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 332 million in 1971 and the lowest 1 million in 2017.
- How does Albania rank?
- 70th highest of 105 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) unusual for Albania?
- In 2025, Albania's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) fell 39.5% on 2024 (from 38 million to 23 million). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1961 to 2024), the average change was +214.5% and a typical year strayed about 786.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.MPRT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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