Argentina vs Cuba

Argentina vs Cuba: Arms imports

Arms imports: 108 million TIV in Argentina in 2025 and 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Argentina, by 153 million TIV, or 20 times that in Cuba.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Argentina vs Cuba: Arms importsArms imports: 108 million TIV in Argentina in 2025 and 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Argentina, by 153 million TIV, or 20 times that in Cuba.
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What the numbers say

  • Argentina has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Cuba.
  • The world as a whole: 21.3 billion TIV in 2004.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearArgentinaCubaWorld
2025108 million–33.3 billion
202445 million–30.6 billion
202322 million–29.5 billion
202250 million–33 billion
202177 million–26.8 billion
20207 million–23.4 billion
201951 million–26.9 billion
201819 million–27.3 billion
201747 million–31.2 billion
201617 million–31.4 billion
201518 million–28.7 billion
20146 million–27 billion
201313 million–27.4 billion
20125 million–27.9 billion
201116 million–29.9 billion
201011 million–25.8 billion
200915 million–24 billion
200821 million–24.1 billion
200724 million–26.5 billion
20069 million–24.4 billion
20053 million–21.3 billion
2004161 million8 million21.3 billion
200311 million–19.2 billion
200215 million–17.7 billion
20016 million–18.3 billion
2000208 million–20.5 billion
1999276 million–25.3 billion
1998171 million–27.9 billion
1997105 million–28.9 billion
199621 million–23.7 billion
199543 million–22.9 billion
1994209 million–22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
199227 million–24.3 billion
1991–159 million27.8 billion
1990159 million169 million28.6 billion
19896 million94 million31.7 billion
198871 million167 million32.9 billion
1987217 million75 million36.2 billion
1986219 million281 million35.5 billion
1985485 million352 million33.2 billion
1984724 million426 million36.8 billion
19831.31 billion778 million39.1 billion
1982406 million960 million41.4 billion
1981833 million960 million42 billion
1980445 million349 million37.4 billion
1979451 million410 million33.3 billion
1978434 million503 million39.2 billion
1977204 million609 million37 billion
1976499 million316 million33 billion
1975268 million200 million34.2 billion
1974450 million408 million32.9 billion
1973248 million420 million32.6 billion
1972402 million452 million28.7 billion
1971363 million162 million29.3 billion
1970257 million155 million22.1 billion
1969230 million155 million24.7 billion
1968430 million155 million22.4 billion
1967143 million163 million22.1 billion
196693 million232 million22.4 billion
19657 million135 million23.1 billion
196419 million252 million24.2 billion
196329 million288 million18.1 billion
196247 million1.34 billion15.5 billion
1961205 million524 million15 billion
1960111 million153 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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