Public Sector · Germany
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Germany's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 1.7 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.97% from 1.82 billion in 2015 (0.72% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.7 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 1.15 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.82 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 3.29 billion | 2007 |
| Lowest | 12 million | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.63 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 156 million | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 47.09% from 1.15 billion in 2020 (8.02% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 987.18% from 156 million in 1960 (3.74% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Germany's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) fell 19.5% on 2024 (from 2.11 billion to 1.7 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.3% and a typical year strayed about 51.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 1,116.7% in 1962 and the biggest yearly fall was 92.3% in 1961. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Germany had the 7th highest value of the 42 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1.7 billion | 2025 |
| World | 33.54 billion | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 12.82 billion | 2025 |
| High income | 31.27 billion | 2025 |
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.
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.
| Year | Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,696,000,000 |
| 2024 | 2,108,000,000 |
| 2023 | 2,547,000,000 |
| 2022 | 1,508,000,000 |
| 2021 | 852,000,000 |
| 2020 | 1,153,000,000 |
| 2019 | 978,000,000 |
| 2018 | 1,098,000,000 |
| 2017 | 1,826,000,000 |
| 2016 | 2,512,000,000 |
| 2015 | 1,823,000,000 |
| 2014 | 1,830,000,000 |
| 2013 | 721,000,000 |
| 2012 | 715,000,000 |
| 2011 | 1,203,000,000 |
| 2010 | 2,364,000,000 |
| 2009 | 2,207,000,000 |
| 2008 | 2,378,000,000 |
| 2007 | 3,291,000,000 |
| 2006 | 2,482,000,000 |
| 2005 | 2,083,000,000 |
| 2004 | 1,090,000,000 |
| 2003 | 1,632,000,000 |
| 2002 | 889,000,000 |
| 2001 | 851,000,000 |
| 2000 | 1,672,000,000 |
| 1999 | 1,937,000,000 |
| 1998 | 1,840,000,000 |
| 1997 | 951,000,000 |
| 1996 | 1,949,000,000 |
| 1995 | 1,525,000,000 |
| 1994 | 2,908,000,000 |
| 1993 | 1,545,000,000 |
| 1992 | 1,517,000,000 |
| 1991 | 2,407,000,000 |
| 1990 | 1,820,000,000 |
| 1989 | 1,258,000,000 |
| 1988 | 1,383,000,000 |
| 1987 | 908,000,000 |
| 1986 | 1,349,000,000 |
| 1985 | 1,327,000,000 |
| 1984 | 2,929,000,000 |
| 1983 | 2,213,000,000 |
| 1982 | 1,510,000,000 |
| 1981 | 1,903,000,000 |
| 1980 | 1,597,000,000 |
| 1979 | 1,427,000,000 |
| 1978 | 1,603,000,000 |
| 1977 | 1,925,000,000 |
| 1976 | 1,656,000,000 |
| 1975 | 1,424,000,000 |
| 1974 | 1,187,000,000 |
| 1973 | 222,000,000 |
| 1972 | 1,359,000,000 |
| 1971 | 1,356,000,000 |
| 1970 | 1,584,000,000 |
| 1969 | 882,000,000 |
| 1968 | 588,000,000 |
| 1967 | 758,000,000 |
| 1966 | 711,000,000 |
| 1965 | 327,000,000 |
| 1964 | 437,000,000 |
| 1963 | 133,000,000 |
| 1962 | 146,000,000 |
| 1961 | 12,000,000 |
| 1960 | 156,000,000 |
Every indicator for Germany is on the Germany data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.XPRT.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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