Argentina vs Brazil: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 462 million TIV in Brazil, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 354 million TIV, or 4.28 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Brazil	World
2025	108 million	462 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	450 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	193 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	469 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	240 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	134 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	125 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	258 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	96 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	111 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	202 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	201 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	217 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	317 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	231 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	256 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	135 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	178 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	188 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	178 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	85 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	110 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	221 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	573 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	86 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	308 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	200 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	476 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	547 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	267 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	311 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	66 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	98 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	161 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	140 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	742 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	125 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	234 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	139 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	82 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	123 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	88 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	72 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	61 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	338 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	375 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	832 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	525 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	551 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	538 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	598 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	520 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	217 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	108 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	236 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	218 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	57 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	149 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	25 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	127 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	62 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	212 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	236 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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