Algeria vs Iran
Algeria vs Iran: Arms exports
Arms exports: 12 million TIV in Algeria in 1984 and 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1984 the value was higher in Algeria, by 11 million TIV, or 12 times that in Iran.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
- The world as a whole: 41.6 billion TIV in 1984.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 80 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 106 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 170 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 48 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 2 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 16 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 9 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 24 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 24 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 11 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 34 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 2 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 35 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 77 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 54 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 99 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 82 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 2 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 78 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 4 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 12 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 9 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 0 | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 0 | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 1 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 0 | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 0 | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 1 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 1 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 12 million | 1 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 12 million | 1 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 1 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 1 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 6 million | 1 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 86 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 129 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 6 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 106 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 6 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 28 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 3 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024