Algeria vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Algeria and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 760 million TIV, or 8.04 times that in Algeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Algeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Algeria	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	108 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	205 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	394 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	450 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	164 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	601 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	167 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.28 billion	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	1.16 billion	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.92 billion	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	897 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	715 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	361 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	662 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1.13 billion	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	831 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.08 billion	604 million	24 billion
2008	1.52 billion	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	507 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	340 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	159 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	251 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	204 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	252 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	539 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	405 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	388 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	98 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	37 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	83 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	312 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	197 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	22 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	23 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	737 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	455 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	319 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	384 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	163 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	368 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	700 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.35 billion	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.38 billion	420 million	42 billion
1980	1.34 billion	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.82 billion	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.27 billion	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.05 billion	310 million	37 billion
1976	130 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	56 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	13 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	110 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	180 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	14 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	58 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	525 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	439 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	354 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	181 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	90 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	63 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	7 million	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	15.7 billion

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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 conflictsAlgeria: 10 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022