Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 512 million TIV, or 8.88 times that in Afghanistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Afghanistan.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Afghanistan	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	–	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	756 million	33 billion
2021	65 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	231 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	379 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	312 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	235 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	170 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	131 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	323 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	253 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	518 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	632 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	365 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	326 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	148 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	40 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	–	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	34 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.24 billion	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.61 billion	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.82 billion	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	927 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	489 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	210 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	158 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	394 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	269 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	455 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	553 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	632 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	449 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	156 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	75 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	230 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	137 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	47 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	25 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	120 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	145 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	230 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	198 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	91 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	56 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	40 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	64 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	55 million	–	15 billion
1960	39 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.
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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Deaths in conflictsAfghanistan: 1,498 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022