Algeria vs Iraq: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Algeria and 55 million TIV in Iraq, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 53 million TIV, or 1.96 times that in Iraq.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Algeria has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Iraq.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Algeria	Iraq	World
2025	108 million	55 million	33.3 billion
2024	205 million	80 million	30.6 billion
2023	394 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	450 million	55 million	33 billion
2021	164 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	601 million	5 million	23.4 billion
2019	167 million	144 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.28 billion	454 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.16 billion	945 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.92 billion	1.83 billion	31.4 billion
2015	897 million	1.49 billion	28.7 billion
2014	715 million	629 million	27 billion
2013	361 million	375 million	27.4 billion
2012	662 million	523 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.13 billion	623 million	29.9 billion
2010	831 million	480 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.08 billion	418 million	24 billion
2008	1.52 billion	379 million	24.1 billion
2007	507 million	299 million	26.5 billion
2006	340 million	306 million	24.4 billion
2005	159 million	195 million	21.3 billion
2004	251 million	49 million	21.3 billion
2003	204 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	252 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	539 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	405 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	388 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	98 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	37 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	83 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	312 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	197 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	22 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	23 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	–	27.8 billion
1990	737 million	818 million	28.6 billion
1989	455 million	1.51 billion	31.7 billion
1988	319 million	1.92 billion	32.9 billion
1987	384 million	3.47 billion	36.2 billion
1986	163 million	3.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	368 million	3.91 billion	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	4.58 billion	36.8 billion
1983	700 million	3.38 billion	39.1 billion
1982	1.35 billion	3.26 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.38 billion	2.58 billion	42 billion
1980	1.34 billion	2.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.82 billion	1.4 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.27 billion	1.8 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.05 billion	1.07 billion	37 billion
1976	130 million	1.14 billion	33 billion
1975	56 million	1.11 billion	34.2 billion
1974	13 million	1.43 billion	32.9 billion
1973	110 million	1.85 billion	32.6 billion
1972	180 million	645 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	187 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	185 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	418 million	24.7 billion
1968	58 million	392 million	22.4 billion
1967	525 million	364 million	22.1 billion
1966	439 million	341 million	22.4 billion
1965	354 million	248 million	23.1 billion
1964	181 million	321 million	24.2 billion
1963	90 million	201 million	18.1 billion
1962	63 million	278 million	15.5 billion
1961	7 million	130 million	15 billion
1960	–	176 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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