Algeria vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 108 million TIV in Algeria in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 163 million TIV, or 4.88 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Algeria has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Algeria	Iran	World
2025	108 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	205 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	394 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	450 million	–	33 billion
2021	164 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	601 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	167 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.28 billion	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.16 billion	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.92 billion	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	897 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	715 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	361 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	662 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.13 billion	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	831 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.08 billion	92 million	24 billion
2008	1.52 billion	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	507 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	340 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	159 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	251 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	204 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	252 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	539 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	405 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	388 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	98 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	37 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	83 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	312 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	197 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	22 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	23 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	737 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	455 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	319 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	384 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	163 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	368 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	700 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.35 billion	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.38 billion	487 million	42 billion
1980	1.34 billion	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.82 billion	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.27 billion	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.05 billion	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	130 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	56 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	13 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	110 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	180 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	58 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	525 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	439 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	354 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	181 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	90 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	63 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	7 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	–	141 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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