Afghanistan vs Turkmenistan

Afghanistan vs Turkmenistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2021: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan and 382 million TIV in Turkmenistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Turkmenistan, by 317 million TIV, or 5.88 times that in Afghanistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Afghanistan vs Turkmenistan: Arms importsArms imports in 2021: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan and 382 million TIV in Turkmenistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Turkmenistan, by 317 million TIV, or 5.88 times that in Afghanistan.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearAfghanistanTurkmenistanWorld
2025––33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
2023––29.5 billion
2022––33 billion
202165 million382 million26.8 billion
2020231 million–23.4 billion
2019379 million–26.9 billion
2018312 million–27.3 billion
2017235 million108 million31.2 billion
2016170 million433 million31.4 billion
2015131 million169 million28.7 billion
2014323 million72 million27 billion
2013253 million69 million27.4 billion
2012518 million112 million27.9 billion
2011632 million237 million29.9 billion
2010365 million32 million25.8 billion
2009326 million38 million24 billion
2008148 million7 million24.1 billion
200740 million–26.5 billion
20063 million–24.4 billion
200533 million–21.3 billion
2004–21 million21.3 billion
2003–18 million19.2 billion
200234 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
19911.24 billion–27.8 billion
19901.61 billion–28.6 billion
19891.82 billion–31.7 billion
1988927 million–32.9 billion
1987489 million–36.2 billion
1986210 million–35.5 billion
1985158 million–33.2 billion
1984394 million–36.8 billion
1983269 million–39.1 billion
1982455 million–41.4 billion
1981553 million–42 billion
1980632 million–37.4 billion
1979449 million–33.3 billion
1978156 million–39.2 billion
197775 million–37 billion
1976230 million–33 billion
1975137 million–34.2 billion
197447 million–32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
1972––28.7 billion
197125 million–29.3 billion
1970120 million–22.1 billion
1969166 million–24.7 billion
1968145 million–22.4 billion
1967230 million–22.1 billion
1966198 million–22.4 billion
196591 million–23.1 billion
196456 million–24.2 billion
196340 million–18.1 billion
196264 million–15.5 billion
196155 million–15 billion
196039 million–15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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