Afghanistan vs Algeria: Arms imports

Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 108 million TIV in Algeria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Algeria, by 99 million TIV, or 2.52 times that in Afghanistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Algeria has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Afghanistan.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Afghanistan	Algeria	World
2025	–	108 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	205 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	394 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	450 million	33 billion
2021	65 million	164 million	26.8 billion
2020	231 million	601 million	23.4 billion
2019	379 million	167 million	26.9 billion
2018	312 million	1.28 billion	27.3 billion
2017	235 million	1.16 billion	31.2 billion
2016	170 million	2.92 billion	31.4 billion
2015	131 million	897 million	28.7 billion
2014	323 million	715 million	27 billion
2013	253 million	361 million	27.4 billion
2012	518 million	662 million	27.9 billion
2011	632 million	1.13 billion	29.9 billion
2010	365 million	831 million	25.8 billion
2009	326 million	1.08 billion	24 billion
2008	148 million	1.52 billion	24.1 billion
2007	40 million	507 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	340 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	159 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	251 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	204 million	19.2 billion
2002	34 million	252 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	539 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	405 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	388 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	98 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	83 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	312 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	197 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	22 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	23 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.24 billion	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	1.61 billion	737 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.82 billion	455 million	31.7 billion
1988	927 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1987	489 million	384 million	36.2 billion
1986	210 million	163 million	35.5 billion
1985	158 million	368 million	33.2 billion
1984	394 million	660 million	36.8 billion
1983	269 million	700 million	39.1 billion
1982	455 million	1.35 billion	41.4 billion
1981	553 million	1.38 billion	42 billion
1980	632 million	1.34 billion	37.4 billion
1979	449 million	1.82 billion	33.3 billion
1978	156 million	1.27 billion	39.2 billion
1977	75 million	1.05 billion	37 billion
1976	230 million	130 million	33 billion
1975	137 million	56 million	34.2 billion
1974	47 million	13 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	110 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	180 million	28.7 billion
1971	25 million	14 million	29.3 billion
1970	120 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	79 million	24.7 billion
1968	145 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1967	230 million	525 million	22.1 billion
1966	198 million	439 million	22.4 billion
1965	91 million	354 million	23.1 billion
1964	56 million	181 million	24.2 billion
1963	40 million	90 million	18.1 billion
1962	64 million	63 million	15.5 billion
1961	55 million	7 million	15 billion
1960	39 million	–	15.7 billion

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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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