Argentina vs Bolivia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 108 million TIV in Argentina in 2025 and 0 TIV in Bolivia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Argentina, by 45 million TIV.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Bolivia	World
2025	108 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	0	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	–	33 billion
2021	77 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	26 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	34 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	2 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	7 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	27 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	–	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	46 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	12 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	25 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	1 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	6 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	3 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	2 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	9 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	1 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	1 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	5 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	19 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	9 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	9 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	16 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	25 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	66 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	56 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	15 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	18 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	–	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	2 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	28 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	53 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	11 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	1 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	16 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	17 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	23 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	16 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	12 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	2 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	2 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	1 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	1 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	2 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	2 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	6 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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