Argentina vs Canada: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 83 million TIV in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 25 million TIV, or 1.3 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Canada	World
2025	108 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	198 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	73 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	214 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	357 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	248 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	187 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	185 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	354 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	246 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	408 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	202 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	207 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	356 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	242 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	104 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	423 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	478 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	97 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	106 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	341 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	140 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	418 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	520 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	529 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	143 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	111 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	353 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	419 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	405 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	473 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	196 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	407 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	767 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	157 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	712 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	787 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	849 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	848 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	654 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	649 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	277 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	453 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	442 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	193 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	130 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	53 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	195 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	229 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	78 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	376 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	457 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	623 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	516 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	336 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	237 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	306 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	563 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	742 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	1.01 billion	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	1.22 billion	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	1.58 billion	15 billion
1960	111 million	171 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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