Argentina vs Dominican Republic: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 13 million TIV in Dominican Republic, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 95 million TIV, or 8.31 times that in Dominican Republic.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 108 million 2025 | 18 million | 44 of 110 |
| Dominican Republic | 13 million 2025 | 1 million | 80 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Argentina has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Dominican Republic.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 million | 13 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 45 million | 10 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 22 million | 9 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 50 million | 5 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 77 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 7 million | 4 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 51 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 19 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 47 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 17 million | 0 | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 18 million | 1 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 6 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 13 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 5 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 16 million | 12 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 11 million | 51 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 15 million | 10 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 21 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 24 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 9 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | 2 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 161 million | 36 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 11 million | 9 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 15 million | 0 | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 6 million | 5 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 208 million | 13 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 276 million | 1 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 171 million | 6 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 105 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 21 million | 4 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 43 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 209 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 27 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 159 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 6 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 71 million | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 217 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 219 million | 0 | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 485 million | 2 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 724 million | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.31 billion | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 406 million | 36 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 833 million | 5 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 445 million | 9 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 451 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 434 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 204 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 499 million | 12 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 268 million | 2 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 450 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 248 million | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 402 million | 7 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 363 million | 2 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 257 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 230 million | 0 | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 430 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 143 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 93 million | 9 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 7 million | 10 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 19 million | 5 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 29 million | 7 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 47 million | 0 | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 205 million | 15 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 111 million | 9 million | 15.7 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time