Afghanistan vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 2 million TIV in Syria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 58 million TIV, or 9.29 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Afghanistan has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Afghanistan	Syria	World
2025	–	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	–	30.6 billion
2023	–	–	29.5 billion
2022	–	–	33 billion
2021	65 million	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	231 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	379 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	312 million	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	235 million	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	170 million	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	131 million	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	323 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	253 million	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	518 million	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	632 million	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	365 million	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	326 million	253 million	24 billion
2008	148 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	40 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	34 million	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.24 billion	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.61 billion	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.82 billion	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	927 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	489 million	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	210 million	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	158 million	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	394 million	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	269 million	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	455 million	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	553 million	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	632 million	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	449 million	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	156 million	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	75 million	931 million	37 billion
1976	230 million	527 million	33 billion
1975	137 million	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	47 million	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	–	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	–	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	25 million	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	120 million	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	145 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	230 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	198 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	91 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	56 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	40 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	64 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	55 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	39 million	38 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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