Algeria vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Algeria and 2 million TIV in Syria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Algeria, by 106 million TIV, or 54 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Algeria has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Algeria	Syria	World
2025	108 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	205 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	394 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	450 million	–	33 billion
2021	164 million	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	601 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	167 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.28 billion	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.16 billion	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.92 billion	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	897 million	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	715 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	361 million	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	662 million	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.13 billion	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	831 million	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.08 billion	253 million	24 billion
2008	1.52 billion	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	507 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	340 million	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	159 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	251 million	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	204 million	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	252 million	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	539 million	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	405 million	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	388 million	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	98 million	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	37 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	83 million	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	312 million	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	197 million	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	22 million	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	23 million	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	737 million	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	455 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	319 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	384 million	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	163 million	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	368 million	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	700 million	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	1.35 billion	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.38 billion	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	1.34 billion	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.82 billion	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.27 billion	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.05 billion	931 million	37 billion
1976	130 million	527 million	33 billion
1975	56 million	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	13 million	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	110 million	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	180 million	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	58 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	525 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	439 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	354 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	181 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	90 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	63 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	7 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	–	38 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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