Afghanistan vs Iraq: Arms imports

Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 55 million TIV in Iraq in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 226 million TIV, or 46 times that in Iraq.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Afghanistan has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Iraq.
The world as a whole: 23.4 billion TIV in 2020.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Afghanistan	Iraq	World
2025	–	55 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	80 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	55 million	33 billion
2021	65 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	231 million	5 million	23.4 billion
2019	379 million	144 million	26.9 billion
2018	312 million	454 million	27.3 billion
2017	235 million	945 million	31.2 billion
2016	170 million	1.83 billion	31.4 billion
2015	131 million	1.49 billion	28.7 billion
2014	323 million	629 million	27 billion
2013	253 million	375 million	27.4 billion
2012	518 million	523 million	27.9 billion
2011	632 million	623 million	29.9 billion
2010	365 million	480 million	25.8 billion
2009	326 million	418 million	24 billion
2008	148 million	379 million	24.1 billion
2007	40 million	299 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	306 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	195 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	49 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	34 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	–	28.9 billion
1996	–	–	23.7 billion
1995	–	–	22.9 billion
1994	–	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	1.24 billion	–	27.8 billion
1990	1.61 billion	818 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.82 billion	1.51 billion	31.7 billion
1988	927 million	1.92 billion	32.9 billion
1987	489 million	3.47 billion	36.2 billion
1986	210 million	3.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	158 million	3.91 billion	33.2 billion
1984	394 million	4.58 billion	36.8 billion
1983	269 million	3.38 billion	39.1 billion
1982	455 million	3.26 billion	41.4 billion
1981	553 million	2.58 billion	42 billion
1980	632 million	2.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	449 million	1.4 billion	33.3 billion
1978	156 million	1.8 billion	39.2 billion
1977	75 million	1.07 billion	37 billion
1976	230 million	1.14 billion	33 billion
1975	137 million	1.11 billion	34.2 billion
1974	47 million	1.43 billion	32.9 billion
1973	–	1.85 billion	32.6 billion
1972	–	645 million	28.7 billion
1971	25 million	187 million	29.3 billion
1970	120 million	185 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	418 million	24.7 billion
1968	145 million	392 million	22.4 billion
1967	230 million	364 million	22.1 billion
1966	198 million	341 million	22.4 billion
1965	91 million	248 million	23.1 billion
1964	56 million	321 million	24.2 billion
1963	40 million	201 million	18.1 billion
1962	64 million	278 million	15.5 billion
1961	55 million	130 million	15 billion
1960	39 million	176 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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