Afghanistan vs Tunisia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 7 million TIV in Tunisia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 46 million TIV, or 3.42 times that in Tunisia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Afghanistan has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Tunisia.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Afghanistan	Tunisia	World
2025	–	7 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	78 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	35 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	35 million	33 billion
2021	65 million	19 million	26.8 billion
2020	231 million	16 million	23.4 billion
2019	379 million	15 million	26.9 billion
2018	312 million	181 million	27.3 billion
2017	235 million	98 million	31.2 billion
2016	170 million	43 million	31.4 billion
2015	131 million	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	323 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	253 million	40 million	27.4 billion
2012	518 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	632 million	7 million	29.9 billion
2010	365 million	7 million	25.8 billion
2009	326 million	–	24 billion
2008	148 million	3 million	24.1 billion
2007	40 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	2 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	–	21.3 billion
2003	–	1 million	19.2 billion
2002	34 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.3 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	12 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	18 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	41 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	68 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	56 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	35 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	32 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.24 billion	20 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.61 billion	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.82 billion	48 million	31.7 billion
1988	927 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	489 million	56 million	36.2 billion
1986	210 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	158 million	314 million	33.2 billion
1984	394 million	119 million	36.8 billion
1983	269 million	103 million	39.1 billion
1982	455 million	60 million	41.4 billion
1981	553 million	56 million	42 billion
1980	632 million	103 million	37.4 billion
1979	449 million	122 million	33.3 billion
1978	156 million	14 million	39.2 billion
1977	75 million	73 million	37 billion
1976	230 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	137 million	14 million	34.2 billion
1974	47 million	14 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	26 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	25 million	0	29.3 billion
1970	120 million	49 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	23 million	24.7 billion
1968	145 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1967	230 million	5 million	22.1 billion
1966	198 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	91 million	40 million	23.1 billion
1964	56 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	40 million	7 million	18.1 billion
1962	64 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	55 million	6 million	15 billion
1960	39 million	44 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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